A slightly distant port side view, taken from well abaft the beam, of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cruise ship Viceroy of India (1929) at anchor in Tromsofjord, off Tromso, Norway. She is flying the Blue Peter from the starboard yardarm on her foremast. The photographer is looking out from the stern of a motor lifeboat heading for the shore and following in the boat's wake is the motor tender A with a full load of passengers. there are patches of snow on the mountains in the background. The horizon is not level.