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Landing in a zodiac. Thankfully our boots were waterproof.

In a zodiac in rough seas off Elephant Island

Penguins on South Georgia, Antarctica

Great Petrel

photo by Vijay Samalam

They were spectacular against the setting sun.

This is South Georgia - the whole island a nature preserve with ice cold glaciers and mountains

But it is the large colony of colorful King Penguins that was most striking

The adults have a lovely orange colored neck and beak.

The sky is blue and the snow mountains reflect off of the water

And lovely snowscapes against turquoise water and blue sky appear.

With giant glaciars coming right down to the sea

The colors and the landscapes were so varied

The light and scenery were constantly changing.

The peninsula also offers mysterious sunrises and sunsets.

Courting chin straps

Kayaking close to spectacular snowscapes

And curious seals follow our kayaks and sniff at the hulls

A crab eater seal suns himself on an ice flow ignoring my approach on the kayak.

And looks up only when my kayak scrapes his ice floe

The wind and water sculpt them into fantastic shapes.

This one looked like the Sydney Opera House.

Some of the pink and green colors are actually algae growing on ice.

It was like touring a musuem of abstract ice sculptures.

These looked like whipped cream

And our all time favorite ice berg of them all!

A pair of sunning seals make a beautiful picture.

This lone seal on this fantastic iceberg makes for a surreal picture.

Barely looking up as we passed it.

And a row of penguins march on an iceberg to jump into the sea.

We also had to skirt a lot of crevasses

But it is time to say Good Bye

Ice floes appear that are small at first

With giant glaciars coming right down to the sea

The ride checking out a iceberg graveyard was particularly memorable.

Antarctic ice floes can appear small at first

The ride checking out a iceberg graveyard was particularly memorable.

Giant glaciers coming right down to the sea.

An iceberg in the shape of an ice cream cone.

Edward Wilson with Siberian Pony on the Terra Nova Expedition

Ross Sea Party image

Tom Crean

Original image for Ch 5

Photo segment from Ch 4

Mawson statue superimposed on crevasse photo

Scott's Terra Nova Expedition, 1911. Man-hauling a sledge.

Map showing the Heroic Age Expeditions

List of Projects

Tunneling Shield in action

Thames Tunnel

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Near the Brunel Museum, London

Thames Tunnel's location on the London Underground network

The Thames Tunnel today, as seen from Wapping Station

Brunel's London to Bristol route for the Great Western Railway

Brunel's London Paddington Station

Brunel statue - London Paddington Station

Brunel designed the Wharncliffe Viaduct. The first installation of the electric telegraph wires ran along the viaduct.

Wharncliffe Viaduct

Maidenhead Bridge plaque

One of of the Maidenhead Bridge arches. Longest, thinnest brick archways ever built.

Maidenhead bridge arches

Brunel statue in London

Mizzen mast to Brunel's SS Great Britain. On display in Stanley, Falkland Islands.

Theodore Roosevelt

Oregon wilderness scene

Glacier National Park established the year after Theodore Roosevelt left office

Arches National Park

Grand Canyon

Theodore Roosevelt

Panama in Central America

Panama Canal route

Panama Canal today

Roald Amundsen

Roald Amundsen at desk

Amundsen's route through the Northwest Passage.

Angie Butler, author of Shackleton's Critic, at the Quest 100 Conference

Wayne White was the site manager for the United States South Pole Station for 3 years.

With Alexandra Shackleton (Granddaughter of Ernest Shackleton), Jan Chojecki (grandson of John Rowett who funded Shackleton's Quest Expedition) at the Quest 100 conference

Lecturing about Shackleton, with Seb Coulthard onboard the Hebredian Sky

Donating book to the South Georgia Antarctic Museum

David Hirzel giving a cruise ship lecture

Dennis Kleinman (right) was our Audiobook narrator. Taken at the Voice Arts Award ceremony where our book was a finalist for the Best Audiobook - History category

With Debbie Young, organizer of the Hawkesbury Upton Literary Festival

A book signing event

Alan Noake, Kent Scout Expedition Leader for the Re-Quest 100 trip to Antarctica

Brad Borkan and David Hirzel

Interview by William Myers, Jr., best-selling author for his Cable TV show.

Interview on Princeton Cable TV show

Baz Gray (right) had just returned from his solo, unsupported walk to the South Pole, Feb 2019

Bob Headland (right) is the world's foremost authority on Polar history. Bob, along with 6 other leading Antarctic historians, vetted our book.

James Caird boat on display at Dulwich College. James Caird Society reception happening in the same venue.

Jonathan Shackleton (related to Sir Ernest Shackleton) with Brad

Kevin Kenny, Antarctic historian and lecturer at the Shackleton Museum in Athy, Ireland

David Hirzel on board a wooden ship he is involved in building in California

On the deck of Scott's Antarctic ship, the Discovery (Brad and David are in the center of the photo)

Dinner on board Scott's Antarctic ship, the Discovery (from the right Jim & Geraldine McAdam, Seamus Taaffe, Brad Borkan

Captain Scott's ship, the Discovery

Arved Fuchs (left) is one of the greatest living Polar explorers, and the first man to walk to the North and South Poles in one year.

Seb Coulthard (left) was one of the six men who recreated Shackleton's boat journey in 2013 for the Discovery Channel.

At the RGS, Sir Ranulph Fiennes (on the left). He is the world's greatest living explorer

At the Captain Scott Society dinner, June 2018. From left to right: Cathy Cooper, Mike Tarver (Antarctic author), Dr. David Wilson (Antarctic historian and descendant of Antarctic explorer Dr. Edward Wilson), Wendy Driver, Brad Borkan

Dinner on Fram -- Amundsen's Antarctic ship. David Hirzel on the front left, Brad Borkan on the front right. Seated next to David is Dr. Isobel Williams who is also an Antarctic author.

Brad meeting Dennis Kleinman (our audiobook narrator) for the first time in Santa Monica, Calif. Bottle of Shackleton Whiskey on the table.

Dennis Kleinman on the red carpet at the Voice Arts Awards

Voice Arts Awards opening ceremony

Our book listed at the Voice Arts Awards for Best Audiobook - History category

Brad with actress Gwendoline Yeo (starred in Desperate Housewives) at the Voice Arts Awards

Book launch: David Hirzel presenting at our book launch at the South Pole-sium Antarctic Conference at the Fram Museum, Oslo

Brad presenting Antarctic Lessons in Leadership at the B2B Marketing Conference

Brad presenting at the B2B Marketing Leaders Forum in London

Brad presenting at the B2B Marketing Conference Sept 2018 - photo 2

The B2B Marketing Leaders Forum -- attended by 150 business executives

Scott Whitmont, owner of Lindfield Bookstore, Australia

being interviewed by Joan Goldstein on cable TV in the USA

Brad presenting to a business audience at the Dorchester Hotel in London

Pacifica Tribune Article pg 1

Kingsbridge Books: Display at the Royal Geographical Society Travel Book Fair

Interpersonal connections at the South Polesium #2 Scotland

Joe O'Farrell presenting at South Pole-sium in Oslo

Art Gertel and Brad in front of the Fram Museum

Book launch event at Fram Museum

Dinner on Fram (David Hirzel at the front left of the photo)

Presenting in Princeton NJ

Interview on Princeton TV Cable show