On board the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company cruise ship Viceroy of India (1929) as she approaches the anchorage off Thira, Santorini Island, Greece. The photographer is near the foremast on the centre line of the forecastle deck looking aft and to starboard showing passengers by a cargo winch on the lower promenade deck watching the leadsman in the chains taking soundings with the lead line. The cliffs just to the south of Thira are in the background. A vertical format negative.