Ice Bound: One Woman's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole
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Journal Entry 1 by jazz-ee2 from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Thursday, May 10, 2007
Amazon.co.uk Review:
Serving as doctor to the Americans "wintering over" at the South Pole in 1999, Jerri Nielsen made headlines when she discovered a lump in her breast that a self-administered biopsy revealed to be an aggressive, fast-growing cancer. No flights in or out of Antarctica are possible during the continent's long winter, and Nielsen's account of giving herself chemotherapy while she and her fellow "Polies" waited for the weather to break is even more gripping than the news reports at the time. She's candid about her pain and fear; the media battle waged by her embittered ex-husband makes her ordeal even more challenging. Interestingly enough, however, this high drama does not overshadow Nielsen's deeper narrative of a woman who came "to the Ice" seeking new meaning in a life shattered by divorce and estrangement from her children. In the back-to-basics world of Antarctic medicine, with outdated equipment, few supplies and no assistants, she rediscovered her vocation as a doctor, free from the imperatives of corporate-directed medicine. More importantly, Nielsen found spiritual solace in the world's most extreme environment, where she was "introduced slowly to the notion of giving more than you have and using less than you need ... of knowing that all you really own are your own thoughts". She makes the glories of the Pole so palpable that by the end readers will not even be surprised when she signs an e-mail to her family, "from the wonderful Ice". --Wendy Smith
I love this book. I love the way Nielsen describes life at the Pole, a life she obviously loves, and the whole sense of community among fellow Polies. It's great to get such a good insight into life at the Research Station at the South Pole.
Happy Reading!
Serving as doctor to the Americans "wintering over" at the South Pole in 1999, Jerri Nielsen made headlines when she discovered a lump in her breast that a self-administered biopsy revealed to be an aggressive, fast-growing cancer. No flights in or out of Antarctica are possible during the continent's long winter, and Nielsen's account of giving herself chemotherapy while she and her fellow "Polies" waited for the weather to break is even more gripping than the news reports at the time. She's candid about her pain and fear; the media battle waged by her embittered ex-husband makes her ordeal even more challenging. Interestingly enough, however, this high drama does not overshadow Nielsen's deeper narrative of a woman who came "to the Ice" seeking new meaning in a life shattered by divorce and estrangement from her children. In the back-to-basics world of Antarctic medicine, with outdated equipment, few supplies and no assistants, she rediscovered her vocation as a doctor, free from the imperatives of corporate-directed medicine. More importantly, Nielsen found spiritual solace in the world's most extreme environment, where she was "introduced slowly to the notion of giving more than you have and using less than you need ... of knowing that all you really own are your own thoughts". She makes the glories of the Pole so palpable that by the end readers will not even be surprised when she signs an e-mail to her family, "from the wonderful Ice". --Wendy Smith
I love this book. I love the way Nielsen describes life at the Pole, a life she obviously loves, and the whole sense of community among fellow Polies. It's great to get such a good insight into life at the Research Station at the South Pole.
Happy Reading!
Journal Entry 2 by jazz-ee2 at Byron House, Millers Way in Sutton-In-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Friday, May 11, 2007
Released 17 yrs ago (5/11/2007 UTC) at Byron House, Millers Way in Sutton-In-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom
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Left on the bookshelf at NHS Direct, Byron House, Sutton-in-Ashfield.
Left on the bookshelf at NHS Direct, Byron House, Sutton-in-Ashfield.
Arrived in my first bookbox, looks good.
Journal Entry 4 by soffitta1 at Caffe Nero IP1 Bookcrossing Zone in Ipswich, Suffolk United Kingdom on Friday, September 12, 2008
Released 15 yrs ago (9/13/2008 UTC) at Caffe Nero IP1 Bookcrossing Zone in Ipswich, Suffolk United Kingdom
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Taking to the meetup.
Taking to the meetup.
I just found this and thought I would pass it on to a new town, sorry I didn't read it :o
CAUGHT IN IPSWICH SUFFOLK ENGLAND
CAUGHT IN IPSWICH SUFFOLK ENGLAND
