In addition to his naval career, from 1890 to 1895 Børresen edited the Norsk Tidsskrift for Sjøvesenet (Norwegian Journal of Nautical Affairs). His publications included Tordenskjold (1901), Den russisk-japanske krig (The Russo-Japanese War; three vols., 1904–1905), Fra dekksgutt til officer (From Deckhand to Officer; 1929), En verdensdame i orienten (A Woman of the World in the Orient; 1931), and the memoirs I storm og solgangsvær (In Storm and Diurnal Wind; 1936). In addition to these titles, he published a number of other books on various topics.
