Icebound : A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole.
by Nielsen, Dr. Jerri; Vollers, Maryanne.
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BookPublisher: New York, NY : Hyperion, 2001Description: 362.ISBN: 0-7868-6684-5.Subject(s): Antarctica -- Geographical | Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station | Antarctic Support Associates (ASA) | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Breast cancerSummary: Jerri Nielsen was a forty-six-year -old doctor working in Ohio when she made the decision to take a year's sabbatical at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station on Antarctica, the most remote and perilous place on Earth. The "Polies," as the inhabitants are known, live in almost total darkness for six months of the year, in winter temperatures as low as 100 degrees below zero--with no way in or out before the spring. During the long winter of 1999, Dr. Nielsen, solely responsible for the mental and physical fitness of a team of researchers, construction workers, and support staff, discovered a lump in her breast. Consulting via E-mail with doctors in the United States, she performed a biopsy on herself, and in July began Chemtherapy treatments to ensure her survival until conditions permitted her rescue in October. A daring rescue by the Air national Guard ensued, who landed, dropped off a replacement physician, and minutes later took off with Dr. Nelsen.
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Jerri Nielsen was a forty-six-year -old doctor working in Ohio when she made the decision to take a year's sabbatical at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station on Antarctica, the most remote and perilous place on Earth. The "Polies," as the inhabitants are known, live in almost total darkness for six months of the year, in winter temperatures as low as 100 degrees below zero--with no way in or out before the spring. During the long winter of 1999, Dr. Nielsen, solely responsible for the mental and physical fitness of a team of researchers, construction workers, and support staff, discovered a lump in her breast. Consulting via E-mail with doctors in the United States, she performed a biopsy on herself, and in July began Chemtherapy treatments to ensure her survival until conditions permitted her rescue in October. A daring rescue by the Air national Guard ensued, who landed, dropped off a replacement physician, and minutes later took off with Dr. Nelsen.
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