Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole, by Nielsen, Dr. Jerri with Maryane Vollers
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Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole, by Nielsen, Dr. Jerri with Maryane Vollers. Hyperion: New York, 2001. Edition: Fifth printing. ISBN: 0786866845. Hardcover, 362 pages. Quarter bound in blue cloth over blue paper-covered boards; title in silver on spine.

Condition: Book: Fine. One bump along upper cover edge, otherwise unread. Jacket: Fine. Lightly rubbed.

Contents: This is the story of Dr. Jerri Nielsen, the physician at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station on Antarctica during the winter of 1999. While on duty at the most remote and perilous place on earth, with no hope of rescue until spring, she discovered a lump in her own breast. She performed a biopsy on herself, and began chemotherapy in July, designed to help her survive until her evacuation was possible in October, at which time the Air National Guard made a daring rescue, spending only minutes on the ground in the frigid climate.

This is Dr. Nielsen's own account of her experience at the Pole, the sea changes as she becomes "of the Ice," and her realization that 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 woman's voyage of self discovery through an extraordinary struggle for survival.