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 breasted alongside the accommodation ladder. Each manual lifeboat is manned by sixteen passengers supervised by two of the ship's crew and they are preparing to be towed to the start line by a motor tender for a race in Sognefjord.