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In the middle of some big celebrity deaths -- Ed
McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson -- I want to take a minute
and talk about the death of Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald.
She's best known for her time on Antarctica in 1999, during which she found a
lump on her breast, trained crew members to help her biopsy it, and
then started treated the cancer. She was airlifted off Antarctica in
one of the earliest flights to the continent, and after treatment her
cancer was eventually in remission. But it returned in 2005, and she
died on June 23.
FitzGerald wrote a book about her time on Antarctica, called "Ice Bound."
I read it years ago, and was completely engrossed in the story. I'm
fascinated with Antarctica and will read just about any book on the
subject, but this book in particular does a great job of discussing the
details of life at the South pole, explaining the atmosphere of living
there and the personal relationships that develop. I'd recommend it to
anyone, for the story and the inspiration found in it. I thank her for
sharing her story.
