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    <body><![CDATA[How I Came To Read This Book: My mom owned it.<br/><br/>The Plot: Jerri Nielsen is reeling from a messy divorce and overall estrangement from her family. She takes a doctor's post in Antarctica to escape her life, and is quickly enchanted (but also a tad frightened) by the hearty, jolly, community...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25458899">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was one of my favorite books ever. I found the most interesting part to be the description of what they do at the South Pole to stay sane and keep themselves amused. How much they look forward to receiving 'freshies' (fresh fruit and veggies) from the next drop-off.....how they form bonds with ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18852404">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>In the continuous stream of NPR that is my life, I just learned that Jerri Nielson died of breast cancer. Dr. Nielson wrote a book I’ve read more than once, and that has now become the final solidification of my vow not to lend out well-loved books. <br/><br/>Her book, Ice Bound a Doctor's In...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69545291">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was &quot;assigned&quot; this book for my book club.  I certainly was not looking forward to it.  I am, however, so glad I read it.  I liked that Dr. Nielsen described the life they lead at the South Pole vividly and with emotion.  I learned a lot about something (Antarctica - South Pole) which I ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67268479">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Just started reading this, but it is so interesting so far. I am listening to the audio version (as I work in the kitchen and drive in the car)--It looks like a great book and it is read by Dr. Jerri Nielsen the author of the book. If any of you can get it from the library, the audio is interesting!...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38153536">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an interesting adventure/rescue story about Jerri Nielsen's time at the South Pole. While &quot;wintering over&quot; at the Pole she developed breast cancer. The most interesting parts of the book for me were not how she and her &quot;Club Med&quot; team treated her cancer and her subsequen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75681820">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[while i've haven't had cancer, i've been battling extensive &amp; serious physical health problems for about 15 years now and i know so well the terror jerri felt when she discovered that lump in her breast!  (i've also found lumps in mine, but they turned out to be cysts ~ my initial reaction was also ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13585453">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have wanted to read this book ever since the news story broke about this doctor years ago. Personal memoir, travel diary (of an absolutely incredible place where under 1500 people have ever wintered), and inspirational story- this book has a lot to offer.<br/><br/>So much more than a story about...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11213829">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A lot of this book was hard to read.  I cannot imagine the fear she must have felt.  I think maybe more than she confessed in the book. It is always interesting to read an account of something you can remember hearing about on the news!  I had a hard time wrapping my brain around the relationship (o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47732454">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I thoroughly enjoyed this book, which gives an insider view of life at the South Pole in the 1990s.  Nielsen (and/or ghostwriter Maryanne Vollers) writes well and doesn't hold back from sharing her responses to the Antarctic or the incredible camaraderie she developed with her fellow overwinterers a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13608944">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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