Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the  South Pole by Jerri Nielsen

Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole

Jerri Nielsen with Maryanne Vollers

362 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced
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During the winter of 1999, Dr. Jerri 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 United States, she was forced to perform a biopsy and treat herse...

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Moods

informative 85%
adventurous 71%
reflective 71%
emotional 57%
challenging 42%
funny 42%
hopeful 42%
inspiring 42%
sad 28%
dark 14%
lighthearted 14%

Pace

medium 66%
slow 33%

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3.86

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