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April 20, 2003. (2003-04-20) Ice Bound: A Woman's Survival at the South Pole is a 2003 made-for-television film starring Susan Sarandon as Dr. Jerri Nielsen in the true story of the cancer-stricken physician stranded at a South Pole research station who, under dangerous circumstances, and with the help of co-workers, treats her own illness.
Ursula B. Marvin in Antarctica, 1978–1979. The first two U.S. woman to winter at a U.S. Antarctic research station were Mary Alice McWhinnie and. Mary Odile Cahoon. Mary Alice was the station science leader (chief scientist) at McMurdo Station in 1974 [60] and Mary Odile was a nun and biologist. [56]
Jerri Lin Nielsen (née Cahill; March 1, 1952 – June 23, 2009) was an American physician with extensive emergency room experience, who self-treated her breast cancer while stationed at Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica until she could be evacuated safely. In 1998, during the southern winter, at a time when the station is ...
Jennie Darlington (née Zobrist, 1924–2017) was an American explorer and, with Jackie Ronne, one of the first women to overwinter on Antarctica, during the winter of 1947-1948. [1][2] She and Ronne were part of a team that re-occupied a former U.S. station (from the U.S. Antarctic Service Expedition in 1939) on Stonington Island in 1946. [3 ...
A. Alien Hunter. Alien vs. Predator (film) Antarctic Journal. Antarctica (1983 film) Antarctica (1991 film) Ape and Super-Ape. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.
1992. Judy Chesser Coffman, of the U.S. Navy, was the first female helicopter pilot to fly in Antarctica, in support of the National Science Foundation (NSF). [44] 1993. Ann Bancroft leads the first all-woman expedition to the South Pole and becomes the first woman to reach both the South and North Pole. [40] 1994.
Jill Heinerth (born 1965) is a Canadian cave diver, underwater explorer, writer, photographer and film-maker. [4] She has made TV series for PBS, National Geographic Channel and the BBC, consulted on movies for directors including James Cameron, written several books and produced documentaries including We Are Water [5] and Ben's Vortex, about the disappearance of Ben McDaniel.
Eight Below. Eight Below, originally titled Antartica: The Journey Home, [2] is a 2006 American survival drama film, a remake based on the 1983 Japanese film Antarctica by Toshirô Ishidô, Koreyoshi Kurahara, Tatsuo Nogami, and Susumu Saji. It was produced by Patrick Crowley and David Hoberman, directed by Frank Marshall, and written by David ...