Princeton native Brad Borkan will return to Princeton Senior Resource Center (PSRC) on December 4 at 11 a.m. to share newly selected historic photographs from the early Antarctic explorers. Author of the book, When Your Life Depends On It: Extreme Decision-Making Lessons from the Antarctic, Borkan’s immersion in the lives and exploits of the early explorers began in his youth at the Princeton Public Library.

In the years since, Borkan has participated in numerous Antarctic conferences, garnering an abiding appreciation for the brave early explorers of the unknown territory — Ernest Shackleton, Robert Scott, Roald Amundsen, and Douglas Mawson — and the extraordinary challenges they encountered on their journeys.

Borkan gave a first look at these explorers in a talk at PSRC last March. This presentation will delve further into some of the most incredible feats of survival imaginable, both in Shackleton’s intrepid Endurance Expedition, and the rarely told story of the Ross Sea party. Borkan will present historic photographs to accompany the talk.

A graduate of Princeton High School, Borkan attended the University of Pennsylvania, Imperial College in London, and has a graduate degree in decision sciences from the Wharton School. He lives with his wife and daughter in London, where he has spent more than 20 years working at leading software companies focused on helping large business enterprises improve their decision processes. The book is co-authored with David Hirzel, a California-based Antarctic historian and writer.

The event will take place at the Suzanne Patterson Building. There is a suggested donation of $15 to benefit the PSRC. Attendees are asked to register in advance at princetonsenior.org.