The outlying district of Kalvanes north-west of the village of Odda at the head of Sorfjorden, Norway. The photographer is on the accommodation ladder of a Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger cruise ship anchored in the fjord looking west-by-north showing the residential buildings squeezed along the narrow strip of land between the water and the steep-sided mountains. One of the ship's motor lifeboats is approaching the accommodation ladder with a few passengers on board returning to the ship.