The Princess Sophia stranded on Vanderbilt Reef

A postcard view, by Winter Pond Studio, showing the Princess Sophia stranded on Vanderbilt Reef, on her final morning. Travelling at full speed, she struck the reef with enough force to ground herself nearly full length and on an even keel.

Note that there is little difference between this photo and the Taku Glacier shot: if not for the unusual height at which she sits out of the water, and the outcropping of reef visible ahead of her bow, there would be nothing amiss in this view and nothing to suggest that less than eight hours after it was taken all 356 of her passengers and crew would be dead.