With ghostwriter Maryanne Vollers, Nielsen's story was told in the autobiographical Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Story of Survival at the South Pole, which became a New York Times bestseller.
Zusammen mit der Ghostwriterin Maryanne Vollers beschrieb Nielsen ihr Leben in der Autobiographie Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Story of Survival at the South Pole, die laut New York Times ein Bestseller wurde.