- Hardcover: 382 pages
- Publisher: Ebury Press (18 Jan 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 009185623X
- ISBN-13: 978-0091856236
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 983,966 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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 In the back-to-basics world of Antarctic medicine, with outdated equipment, few supplies and no assistants, she rediscovered her vocation as a doctor, free from the imperatives of corporate-directed medicine.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
Sunday Times Magazine, January 20, 2002
Nielsen's is a genuinely thrilling story, and her directness makes Ice Bound a gripping book.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
While the first half is better than the second half, and the last third of the book has far too many e-mails, I STILL give this book 5 stars just for what it discusses about the meaning of Jerri's life, and about life in general. This book is less about life at the Pole, and about breast cancer, than it is about HER EXPERIENCE of life at the Pole, and about how she was able to deal with the breast cancer problem, given her limited resources at the Pole.
In 1990, I was on an airplane flight from New Zealand to the U.S., and I just happened to sit next to a man who was returning from a year at the Pole. I could never fully understand why he felt as he did about his life there, from his comments, but now I do--Jerri Neilsen has explained it for me. The most interesting parts of the book were how people live at the Pole, the conditions of work there, and people's mental state, and how they adapt to those conditions. And I really enjoyed reading about Jerri's life and FEELINGS before she went to the Pole and how her life and FEELINGS changed through her experiences. Perhaps the reviewers who didn't like this book (in the United States) are not interested in her personal FEELINGS.
I read this book in one day, finishing at midnight, because I couldn't put it down. It has kept me thinking continuously, for several days, ever since. In my opinion, a book you never think about, after you have put it down, is not a good book. Any book or movie that KEEPS drawing your mind back to it has obviously had something worthwhile in it. I have HIGHLY recommended this book to all of my friends, and I will be choosing it for my selection in our bookclub.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was astonished at my reaction to what I expected to be a standard biographical account of an illness, but which became a passionate account of a love affair with the ice, and with life itself.
One of those, "just one more chapter" books at 0300 am.
Buy it, read it, enjoy it and yearn to experience the cleaness of the ice, and the pleasure and necessity of friendship
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a truly incredible story of personal strength and determination. From her experiences, the author shows that although some obstacles may feel insurmountable, with great inner strength the incredible can be achieved in the face of adversity. It truly makes one realise that you must take stock of your own life and evaluate what is really important to you. It also allows you to put the day-to-day trials and tribulations of our lives into perspective. The author and her accomplishments are a true source of inspiration! I
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