Ice Bound, Jerri Nielsen
Ice Bound, Jerri Nielsen
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Ice Bound
A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole

Author: Jerri Nielsen

Narrator: Jerri Nielsen

Unabridged: 12 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 09/17/2008

Synopsis

The Antarctic winter, with temperatures 100 degrees below zero, shuts supply lines down completely; conditions are too treacherous for planes and boats and the only connection with the rest of the world is satellite hook-up. During the long winter of 1999, Dr. Nielsen, the only physician on a staff of forty-one people, discovered a lump in her breast. Consulting via satellite e-mail with doctors in the U.S., she was forced to perform a biopsy and in June began to treat herself with chemotherapy, in order to insure that she could survive until conditions permitted her rescue in October. A daring rescue by the Air National Guard ensued, who landed, dropped off a replacement physician, and in less than five minutes took off with Dr. Nielsen. Set in one of the most remote and desolate yet strikingly beautiful landscapes on earth, Jerri Nielsen's narrative of her transforming experiences is a thrilling adventure of researchers and scientists embattled by a hostile environment, a chronicle of marvels - and limits - of modern medical technology, and a penetrating exploration of the dynamics of an isolated, intensely connected community faced with adversity. But at its core this is a powerfully moving drama of one woman's voyage of self-discovery and courage and the fierce dedication of scores of colleagues - both known and unknown to her - whose aid proved to be her salvation.

About Jerri Nielsen

Dr. Jerri Nielsen lives in Ohio and is the mother of three children. She continues to practice medicine and intends to do a lot of traveling.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Luffy Sempai on August 22, 2022

One of the first things I did when I read Ice Bound was to check on Nielsen's wiki page. I thought she would not have one. But she had a wiki entry. And though I was temporarily monumentally gutted about Nielsen dying as far back as in 2009, I was glad because she beat her cancer the first time arou......more

Goodreads review by Chris on May 21, 2020

Terrific read! Why did I leave it on my shelf unread all these years!!?? Dr. Jerri Nielson loves a good adventure, is tiring of the bureaucracies of the practice of medicine and has been beaten down by a disastrous marriage & the loss of her children. She sees an ad seeking a physician for a year as......more

Goodreads review by Margie on April 25, 2011

Twelve years ago Jerri Nielsen wintered over at Antarctica, discovered a lump in her breast, and had to be airlifted out. Eleven years ago she published a book about the experience, and signed the copy I have. Three years ago she died. Her story is tremendously compelling, and much of it is well-writt......more

Goodreads review by tazmeen on May 01, 2023

4.5/5 (I'm rating her writing and biopsy etc not her experiences) This was a motivational and an interesting biography. My Personal Thoughts Leena and Luffy, many thanks for the buddy read which made the book more memorable. This. Was. Surreal. The events in this book were so unbelievable. I love......more

Goodreads review by Erik on May 11, 2022

We've two signed copies of this at Heirloom Books. Looking for a light read between customers at the shop and being interested in what life is like at the South Pole, I picked this off the shelves. Dr. Jerri Nielsen was the sole physician at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in 1999. While there......more

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