Four manual lifeboats from the Orient Line cruise ship Orontes (1929) racing in Sognefjord off Balholm, Norway. The photographer is on board the Orontes looking across the fjord as the lifeboats are rowed along the course. Each manual lifeboat is manned by sixteen passengers supervised by two of the ship's crew and one of the boats is already falling well behind the other three. A motor tender is following behind, acting as a safety boat. Mountains are in the background.