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Ice Bound: A Woman's Survival at the South Pole Photos

Ice Bound: A Woman's Survival at the South Pole (2003)

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Movie Info

In this adaptation of a true story, Ohio physician Dr. Jerri Nielsen (Susan Sarandon) is stranded at a research station in Antarctica. Nielsen keeps her distance from the other researchers, until she finds a growth in her breast and shares her concerns about it with Big John Penny (Aidan Devine) and Claire Furinski (Cynthia Mace). After discovering that the lump is cancerous, Nielsen creates her own method of chemotherapy and fights to survive the deadly winter.

Rating:

TV14 (L)
Genre:

drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Roger Spottiswoode
Producer:

Clara George
Writer:

Peter Pruce, Maria Nation
Runtime:

1h 36m
Production Co:

Miramax

Cast & Crew

Susan Sarandon
Dr. Jerri Nielsen

Aidan Devine
John Penny

Cynthia Mace
Claire Furinski

Paulino Nunes
Rafe Pollard

Steve Cumyn
Sandy

Carl Marotte

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Critic Reviews for Ice Bound: A Woman's Survival at the South Pole

All Critics (2) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (2)

If you want to be moved by a powerful story this weekend as opposed to gratuitously tickled, [Dr. Jerri] Nielsen is the heroine most deserving of your attentions.

March 6, 2019 | Full Review…

Melanie McFarland
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Only a true story could be quite so remarkable, and Sarandon was an inspired choice to play the part.

January 30, 2018 | Full Review…

John Leonard
New York Magazine/Vulture