Ice bound : a doctor's incredible battle for survival at the South Pole /

A physician stranded at the South Pole describes how she discovered a lump in her breast, treated herself with a biopsy and chemotherapy, and was rescued by the Air National Guard, and reflects on her experiences and her colleagues. The Antarctic winter, with temperatures 100 below zero, shuts suppl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Nielsen, Jerri (Author), Vollers, Maryanne (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Talk Miramax Books/Hyperion, [2001]
Subjects:	Nielsen, Jerri > Health. Nielsen, Jerri. Nielsen, Jerri Breast > Cancer > Patients > Biography. Women physicians > United States > Biography. Amundsen Scott South Pole Station (Antarctica) Women physicians. Breast Neoplasms Physicians, Women Antarctic Regions South Pole. Sein > Cancer > Patients > Biographies. Femmes médecins > États-Unis > Biographies. Femmes médecins. physicians. Breast > Cancer > Patients Health Women physicians Antarctica > Amundsen Scott South Pole Station United States Breast cancer > Patients. Women physicians > Antarctica. Personal Narrative Autobiography autobiographies (literary works) Personal narratives Autobiographies Biographies Autobiographies. Personal narratives. Memoirs. Récits personnels.

Table of Contents:

The geographic cure
Through the looking glass
Great God, this Is an awful place
The Hard Truth Medical Centre
Going polar
An Irish airman foresees his death
Three shades of twilight
Darkness, darkness
The sea change
The other side of winter
From Hell on Earth
Club Med
The longest month
Endurance
Deliverance.