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

Ice Bound : A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole
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The Antarctic winter, with temperatures of 100 degrees below zero, shuts supply lines down completely. Winter of 1999 Dr. Nielsen, the only Dr. for the staff of 41 people discovered a lump in her breast. Non-fiction, this account is how she handles the cancer and does her own biopsy as she tries to survive until the conditions permit her rescue.