After sorting through more than 57,000 cruise vacation photos were submitted to the Princess Cruises “1,000 Memories at Sea” photo contest, judges have chosen this image of the soaring columns of Ephesus submitted by Christine Svircev of Illinois as the grand prize winner. The photo depicts the grandeur of the ruins of the ancient city of Ephesus, a landmark archaeological site in Turkey. As the winner, Svircev has won a cruise for two aboard the new Royal Princess, which debuts next year. An additional 999 images were also chosen by the judges and all 1,000 photos will be displayed on the walls of hallways between staterooms and in other locations aboard Royal Princess, when the cruise ship sets sail in June 2013. A special web page showing all winning photos is available at: http://www.princess.com/royalprincesscontest .