Ice Bound: A Woman's Survival at the South Pole
Encyclopedia
Ice Bound: A Woman's Survival at the South Pole is a 2003 CBS-TV
movie starring Susan Sarandon
as Dr. Jerri Nielsen
in this harrowing 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.
Risking death, rescuers heroically air-drop the necessary supplies to the station and, along with the help of fellow "Polies," including close friends Big John Penny (Adian Devine) and Claire "Fingers" Furinski (Cynthia Mace), Nielsen begins her debilitating chemotherapy treatments. Eventually, the Air National Guard makes a daring rescue, drops off a replacement physician and returns Nielsen to the United States where she is able to seek full medical attention to treat her cancer.
, Ice Bound: A Woman's Survival at the South Pole was filmed on location near Ontario's frozen Lake Simcoe.
for Best Sound Editing in Television Long Form -- Sound Effects and Foley
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
movie starring Susan Sarandon
Susan Sarandon
Susan Sarandon is an American actress. She has worked in films and television since 1969, and won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1995 film Dead Man Walking. She had also been nominated for the award for four films before that and has received other recognition for her...
as Dr. Jerri Nielsen
Jerri Nielsen
Dr. Jerri Lin Nielsen 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....
in this harrowing true story of the cancer-stricken physician stranded at a South Pole
South Pole
The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth and lies on the opposite side of the Earth from the North Pole...
research station who, under dangerous circumstances, and with the help of co-workers, treats her own illness.
Synopsis
Based on the New York Times best-selling book Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole, the movie tells the story of how, in 1999, 46-year-old physician Nielsen decides to leave Ohio and spend a year at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station on Antarctica, one of the most remote and perilous places on Earth. Conditions at the station will be far from manageable, with winter temperatures as low as 100 degrees below zero. Joining a team of researchers, construction workers and support staff, Dr. Nielsen is solely responsible for the mental and physical health of all fellow inhabitants stranded at the station through the winter. During the long Antarctic winter, Dr. Nielsen discovers a lump in her breast and is forced to self-administer a biopsy. Communicating via e-mail with doctors in the United States, she learns that the cancer is aggressive and rapid-growing. In order for her to survive several months until conditions will allow planes to land and rescue her from the continent, the doctors concur that she will need to begin chemotherapy treatments immediately.Risking death, rescuers heroically air-drop the necessary supplies to the station and, along with the help of fellow "Polies," including close friends Big John Penny (Adian Devine) and Claire "Fingers" Furinski (Cynthia Mace), Nielsen begins her debilitating chemotherapy treatments. Eventually, the Air National Guard makes a daring rescue, drops off a replacement physician and returns Nielsen to the United States where she is able to seek full medical attention to treat her cancer.
Direction and location
Directed by Roger SpottiswoodeRoger Spottiswoode
Roger Spottiswoode is a Canadian-born film director and writer, who began his career as an editor in the 1970s. He was born in Ottawa, Ontario. He has directed a number of notable films and television productions, including Under Fire and the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies starring...
, Ice Bound: A Woman's Survival at the South Pole was filmed on location near Ontario's frozen Lake Simcoe.
Nomination
2004 Golden Reel AwardMotion Picture Sound Editors
Founded in 1953, Motion Picture Sound Editors is an honorary society of motion picture sound editors. The society's goals are to educate others about and increase the recognition of the sound editors, show the artistic merit of the soundtracks, and improve the professional relationship of its...
for Best Sound Editing in Television Long Form -- Sound Effects and Foley
- Janice Ierulli (supervising sound editor)
- Jane Tattersall (sound effects editor)
- Mark Shnuriwsky (sound effects editor)