When Your Life Depends On It
Extreme Decision Making Lessons from the Antarctic

There can be few people – particularly in Britain - who are not familiar with the story of ‘Scott of the Antarctic’. Similarly, Captain Oates’ self-sacrifice, as he left the expedition tent to certain death from exposure in order to avoid fatally slowing his comrades down, have been part of British......more

An interesting overview of Antartic exploration in the early 1900. The book provides synopses of decision making - by explorers such as Shackleton, Mawson, Amundsen and Scott to name a few - whilst in extreme circumstances. Often their decisions were flawed and resulted in fatal consequences. The book......more

A beautifully presented, inspiring book detailing the many challenges faced and (mostly) overcome by the Antarctic explorers of the "heroic age" of South Polar expeditions, Scott, Shackleton, Amundsen and Mawson. I have always been interested in their history, and this book provided a new take on it......more

The Wishing Shelf Book Awards 2021 Category 8 (Audiobooks) FEEDBACK This audiobook was entered in The Wishing Shelf Book Awards. This is what our listeners thought: Title: When Your Life Depends on It: Extreme Decision Making Lessons from the Antarctic Author: Brad Borkan, David Hirzel Narrator: Dennis K......more

This book was entered in The Wishing Shelf Book Awards. This is what our readers thought: Title: When Your Life Depends On It Author: Brad Borkan, David Hirzel Star Rating: 5 Stars Number of Readers: 20 Stats Editing: 7/10 Writing Style: 8/10 Content: 9/10 Cover: 9/10 Of the 20 readers: 20 would read another b......more