On board an unidentified ship, possibly in Norwegian waters. The photographer is looking across a cargo hatch showing four Asian members of the crew sitting on the hatch with a cargo winch behind them. Another crew member is standing by the ship's rail. A lifeboat is on a platform on the left and on a support is the number 12 painted on a diamond. The land in the background is rugged and mountainous and a single storey pitched roof building is by a roadway on a headland.