Jerri Nielsen

Ice Bound: a Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole Jerri Nielsen

Publisher Marketing: 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. Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 01/18/2002 pg. 73 (EAN 9780786886999, Paperback) New York Times 01/20/2002 pg. 20 (EAN 9780786886999, Paperback) Kliatt 03/01/2002 pg. 28 (EAN 9780786886999, Paperback) Bookpage 05/01/2001 pg. 14 (EAN 9781587880124, Analog Audio Cassette) Library Journal 06/01/2001 pg. 250 (EAN 9781587880124, Analog Audio Cassette) Publishers Weekly 05/07/2001 (EAN 9781587880124, Analog Audio Cassette) Booklist 07/01/2000 pg. 1976 (EAN 9780786866847, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 01/08/2001 pg. 64 (EAN 9780786866847, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Glamour 02/01/2000 pg. 30 (EAN 9780786866847, Hardcover) People Weekly 01/29/2001 pg. 45 (EAN 9780786866847, Hardcover) New York Times 02/04/2001 pg. 7 (EAN 9780786866847, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 02/23/2001 pg. 156 (EAN 9780786866847, Hardcover) Library Journal 04/01/2001 pg. 122 (EAN 9780786866847, Hardcover) School Library Journal 05/01/2001 pg. 178 (EAN 9780786866847, Hardcover) New York Review of Books 08/09/2001 pg. 14 (EAN 9780786866847, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Nielsen, Jerri 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.