Paul Louis Mercanton

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Paul-Louis Mercanton
Paul-Louis Mercanton.jpg
Mercanton in 1919
Born(1876-05-11)11 May 1876
Lausanne, Switzerland
Died25 February 1963(1963-02-25) (aged 86)
Lausanne, Switzerland
Alma materUniversity of Lausanne
OccupationGlaciologist, meteorologist
EmployerCentral Meteorological Institute

Paul-Louis Mercanton (11 May 1876 – 25 February 1963) was a Swiss glaciologist, meteorologist, and Arctic explorer.

Mercanton was a member of expeditions to Spitsbergen (1910), Greenland (1912–1913), and Jan Mayen (1921 and 1929). Mercantonfjellet, a mountainous area on Svalbard, is named after him.[1]

See also[]

  • Xavier Guillaume Mertz, contemporary Swiss polar explorer

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ "Mercantonfjellet (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 3 November 2013.

Bibliography[]

  • Lauritzen, P. R., ed. (2009). "Mercantonfjellet". Norsk Fjelleksikon (in Norwegian). Arendal: Friluftsforlaget. ISBN 9788291495477.

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