[bksvol-discuss] Re: Polar exploration books

I have Jerry Nielsen's book, Ice Bound, about her experience as the South
Pole Station's doctor.  She discovered she had breast cancer while on the
ice, and had to perform a lumpectomy on herself as it was winter and no one
could get in to rescue her.
Brian M.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Louise" <lougou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 6:10 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Polar exploration books


> I can hardly wait to start reading these books.  However, I should
probably
> read books about the North and South Pole during the heat and humidity of
> the summer rather than during the winter here in Wisconsin!  We had 30
below
> zero a couple of nights last week, but not quite as cold now and a real
heat
> wave by the weekend, maybe 30 degrees above zero!
>
> Do you have any books about living and working at the scientific station
at
> the South Pole?  That would be very interesting!
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Miller" <brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 11:47 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Polar exploration books
>
>
> > Most of the books I have are very accessible, very enjoyable.
> > Huntford's works are exhaustive, but never dull.
> > In addition to the book on Shackleton, he also wrote a duel biography of
> > Robert Falcon Scot and Roald Amundsen, called The Last Place on Earth
> > (American title), and a biography of F. Nansen, Norwegien explorer.
> > Brian Miller
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 11:48 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Polar exploration books
> >
> >
> > > Go ahead and submit them, Brian. I'll validate the
> > > Shackleton one if it's interestingly written and if no
> > > one else does it before I get to it (I have several to
> > > do before that). I enjoyed the TV special with the
> > > same title. Was it based on the book?
> > >
> > > Are the others interestingly written for the lay
> > > person or very scholarly and dry?
> > >
> > > Cindy
> > >
> > > --- Brian Miller <brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > If folks are interested, I have a rather extensive
> > > > library of polar
> > > > exploration titles -- all scanned.  I used to teach
> > > > a course on exploration
> > > > and I taught a section on the search for the
> > > > northwest passage and the race
> > > > for the South Pole.
> > > > Among my titles is the ultimate bio of Shackleton by
> > > > Rolland Huntford,
> > > > simply called Shackleton.
> > > > I'll upload if there are takers for validation.  The
> > > > quality of the scan is
> > > > high.
> > > > Brian Miller
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Kellie Hartmann" <kellhart@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 11:02 AM
> > > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] too much imagination
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > I watched Shackleton's Adventure the other night,
> > > > and it made me really
> > > > > cold. The whole exploration team spent 16 months
> > > > living on a glacier with
> > > > > insufficient sleeping bags and tents. And I
> > > > thought Minnesota was bad!
> > > > <lol>
> > > > > Kellie
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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