The ship Argo makes a perilous journey to the faraway kingdom of Colchis with captain Jason, Hercules the hero, sour-faced Idas and Thracian singer Orpheus – and the fish-eating dog Mopsus. The Black Sea is a dangerous place for both men and dogs.
In 1963 the famous travel writer Göran Schildt travelled in the footsteps of Jason and the Argonauts. This unique trip brought him to the Black Sea, where the yacht Daphne and her crew discovered the antiquity and the present – a fascinating history of an unknown sea.