Sad News

Dr. Jerri Nielsen has passed away. Dr. Nielsen, who was rescued from an Antarctic research station in 1999 after she diagnosed herself with breast cancer, had ties to western Massachusetts. In fact, she was a sometimes visitor to the STCC Library a few years ago.

Dr. Nielsen wrote the book Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole, available at many C/W MARS libraries.