Passengers preparing to race in manual lifeboats alongside the Orient Line cruise ship Orontes (1929) in Sognefjord off Balholm, Norway. The photographer is on the starboard side of the main deck of the Orontes looking forward, to starboard and down showing four manual lifeboats and a motor tender breasted alongside the accommodation ladder. Each manual lifeboat is manned by sixteen passengers supervised by two of the ship's crew. The motor tender is preparing to tow the four boats to the start line for a race in Sognefjord. The bow of a local double-ended rowing boat is in the foreground.