A bow view of manual lifeboat number 8 returning to the Orient Line cruise ship Orontes (1929) after winning the race in Sognefjord off Balholm, Norway. The boat is manned by sixteen passengers supervised by two of the ship's crew and she is being towed by a motor tender that is out of the picture. The photographer is looking down from the promenade deck of the Orontes. A vertical format negative.