Author: Nielsen, Dr. Jerri,
Title: Ice Bound: a doctor's incredible battle for survival at the South Pole.
Description: NY, Hyperion, (2001). 2nd ptg. VG in VG DJ. Jerri Nielsen was a 46 yr old doctor working in Ohio when she decided to take a year's sabbatical at the Amundsen-Scott South. Pole Station on Antarctica, the most remote & perilous place on earth, to live in total darkness for 6 months of the year in winter temperatures as low as 100 below with no way in or out before spring. During the winter, she discovered a lump in her breast, performed a biopsy on herself & began chemotherapy treatments to ensure her survival until conditions permitted her rescue in October.

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