Dr Jerri Nielsen made international headlines worldwide when, as the only doctor at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Research Station, she , she diagnosed herself with breast cancer. the world's media anxiously followed the immense efforts she and her fellow 'polies' took to treat her, the frantic drops of essential supplies and the final high-risk mission to airlift her out. Ice Bound, Jerrie Nielsen's bestselleing book, is not just a powerful account of her struggle for survival, but also a thrilling adventure story about how a small community copes in the most hostile environment on earth, and a moving personal voyage of self-discovery and courage. But at its core lies a romance that makes even cancer notwithstanding, she would rather be in the terrible beauty of Antarctica than anywhere else on earth. Paperback Ed 2001
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