Ice Bound: One Woman's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole

by JerriNielsen (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2001

  $4.22

  The inhabitants of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Research Station at Antarctica are known as Polies . They live in almost total darkness for nine months of the year, in temperatures as low as 100 degrees below zero, with no way in or out before the spring. This is Jerri Nielsen's account of her one year sabbatical there. She was the physician for 41 researchers, construction workers and support staff, and it was her job to keep the Polies mentally and physically fit in a hostile environment.

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  Paperback
  2002

  $5.36

  Jerri Nielsen was a forty-six year old doctor working in Ohio when she made the decision to take a year's sabbatical at an Antarctic research station. As the physician for 41 researchers, construction workers and other support staff, her job was to keep them mentally and physically fit. This is her own account of her experiences, and at the core is a powerfully moving drama of love and loss, of one woman's voyage of self-discovery and courage, and the very personal struggle for survival.