Eric Cahill

Doctor in 1999 South Pole rescue dies in Mass.

Jerri Nielsen, cancer-stricken doctor rescued from South Pole in 1999, dies in Mass. at 57. Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, who diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer before a dramatic rescue from the South Pole a decade ago, has died after the disease recurred. She was 57.
 

Doctor in dramatic South Pole rescue dies in Mass.

Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, who diagnosed and treated her own breast cancer before a dramatic rescue from the South Pole, has died at age 57.