Dr. Jerri Lin Nielsen (nee Cahill; March 1, 1952 – June 23, 2009) was an American physician with extensive ER experience, who in 1998 was hired to spend a year at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, as the station's only doctor. During the southern winter, at a time when the station is physically cut off from the rest of the world, she developed breast cancer.

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  • Dr. Jerri Lin Nielsen (nee Cahill; March 1, 1952 – June 23, 2009) was an American physician with extensive ER experience, who in 1998 was hired to spend a year at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, as the station's only doctor. During the southern winter, at a time when the station is physically cut off from the rest of the world, she developed breast cancer. Nielsen teleconferenced with medical personnel in the United States, and had to operate on herself in order to extract tissue samples for analysis. A military plane was later dispatched to the pole to airdrop equipment and medications. Her condition remained life-threatening, and the first plane to land at the station in the spring was sent several weeks earlier than planned, despite adverse weather conditions, to bring her to the U.S. as soon as possible. Her ordeal attracted a great amount of attention from the media, and Nielsen later wrote an autobiographical book recounting her story.
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  • Physician who self-administered a biopsy, and later chemotherapy, after discovering a breast tumour while in Antarctica until she could be evacuated
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  • Dr. Jerri Lin Nielsen (nee Cahill; March 1, 1952 – June 23, 2009) was an American physician with extensive ER experience, who in 1998 was hired to spend a year at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, as the station's only doctor. During the southern winter, at a time when the station is physically cut off from the rest of the world, she developed breast cancer.
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