Ice Bound
Antarctica
Search and rescue operations
Breast Neoplasms
Wilderness survival
Women physicians
Breast
Reading Level-Grade 9
Journeys
Reading Level-Grade 10
Reading Level-Grade 11
Reading Level-Grade 12
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Cancer
Personal narratives
Health
Patients
Travel
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Biography
A physician stranded at the South Pole describes how she discovered a lump in her breast, treated herself with a biopsy and chemotherapy, and was rescued by the Air National Guard, and reflects on her experiences and her colleagues. The Antarctic winter, with temperatures 100 below zero, shuts suppl…
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