A distant port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the Orient Line cruise ship Orontes (1929) at anchor in Sognefjord, off Balholm, Norway. Her starboard anchor is deployed and the hawse is being washed out. She has an accommodation ladder rigged aft and lifeboat 17 has been launched. She is flying the Blue Peter from the starboard yardarm on the foremast and the Norwegian flag is at the foremast head. There are patches of snow on the mountains in the background.