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Product Identifiers

PublisherMIRAMAX Books

ISBN-100786866845

ISBN-139780786866847

eBay Product ID (ePID)1746583

Product Key Features

Number of Pages384 Pages

Publication NameIce Bound : a Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole

LanguageEnglish

SubjectWomen, Polar Regions, Emergency Medicine, Physicians, General, Medical

Publication Year2001

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, Medical, History

AuthorJerri Nielsen, Maryanne Vollers

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight22.9 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal362.1/9699449/0092 B

SynopsisThe Antarctic winter, with temperatures 100ø below zero, shuts supply lines down completely; conditions are too treacherous for planes or boats & 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 & 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, & in less than five minutes took off with Dr. Nielsen. Set in one of the most remote & desolate yet strikingly beautiful landscapes on earth, Jerri Nielsen's narrative of her transforming experiences is a thrilling adventure of researchers & scientists embattled by a hostile environment, a chronicle of the marvels -- & limits -- of modern medical technology, & 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 & courage & the fierce dedication of scores of colleagues -- both known & unknown to her -- whose aid proved to be her salvation., Jerri Nielsen was a forty-six-year-old doctor working in Ohio when she made the decision to take a years sabbatical at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station on Antarctica, the most remote and perilous place on Earth. The "Polies," as they 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 email with doctors in the United States, she performed a biopsy on herself, and in July began chemotherapy treatments to ensure her survival until condition 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. Nielsen.This is Dr. Nielsens own account of her experience at the Pole, the sea change as she becomes "of the Ice," and her realization that as she would rather be on Antarctica than anywhere else on earth. It is also a thrilling adventure of researchers and scientists embattled by a hostile environment; a penetrating exploration of the dynamics of an isolated, intensely connected community faced with adversity; and, at its core, a powerfully moving drama of love and loss, of one womans voyage of self-discovery through an extraordinary struggle for survival.