Before the lab, there was the deck. Before the professor, there was the navigator. And before Open Science, there was a ship sailing for wonder.

Photography Panagiotis Tripontikas - Onboard P572 HDMS LAUGE KOCK NUUK GREENLAND As I keep reflecting on the concept of Military Open...

There is something intangible and incorruptible shared by all vessels: an aura, an ethos, a personality. Something not documented in technical instructions or in ship's logs but in the corridors of memory of all who have sailed on it. For the battleship GEORGIOS AVEROF, "that something" is called Circe.