Paul-Émile Victor
Paul-Émile Victor (born Paul Eugène Victor; 28 June 1907 – 7 March 1995) was a French ethnologist and explorer.Victor was born in Geneva, Switzerland to French Jewish parents of Bohemian and Polish descent. He graduated from École Centrale de Lyon in 1928. In 1931, he learned how to fly with his instructor and friend, Claude de Cambronne. In 1936, he led an expedition traversing Greenland by dog-sled. Victor, Robert Gessain, Michel Perez, and Eigil Knuth completed the 825 km from Christianshåb in the west to Angmagssalik in the east in 44 days. During World War II, he engaged himself in the US Air Forces. After the War, he initiated the Expéditions polaires françaises to organize French polar expeditions. He died in 1995 on Bora Bora, to which he had retired in 1977.
A survey led by Victor in 1951 concluded that, under the ice sheet, Greenland is composed of three large islands. In 1952 he was awarded the Patron's Medal by the Royal Geographical Society of London for the work.
Mount Victor, in the Belgica Mountains of Antarctica, is named for him.
His son, Jean-Christophe Victor, stars in the weekly geopolitical show ''Le dessous des cartes'' on Arte until December 2016. Another son, Teva Victor, is a sculptor. Provided by Wikipedia
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181by Fromant, Aymeric, Carravieri, Alice, Bustamante, Paco, Labadie, Pierre, Budzinski, Hélène, Peluhet, Laurent, Churlaud, Carine, Chastel, Olivier, Cherel, YvesContributors: “...Institut Polaire Français Paul Emile Victor...”
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182by Gagnon, Mikael, Domine, Florent, Boudreau, StéphaneContributors: “...Institut Polaire Français Paul Emile Victor...”
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183by Jaeger, Audrey, Lebarbenchon, Camille, Bourret, Vincent, Bastien, Matthieu, Lagadec, Erwan, Thiebot, Jean-Baptiste, Boulinier, Thierry, Delord, Karine, Barbraud, Christophe, Marteau, Cédric, Dellagi, Koussay, Tortosa, Pablo, Weimerskirch, HenriContributors: “...Institut Polaire Français Paul Emile Victor...”
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184by Saint‐Béat, Blanche, Darnis, Gérald, Leclerc, Maxime, Babin, Marcel, Maps, FrédéricContributors: “...Institut Polaire Français Paul Emile Victor...”
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185by Guillot, T., Abe, L., Agabi, A., Rivet, J.‐P., Daban, J.‐B., Mékarnia, D., Aristidi, E., Schmider, F.‐X., Crouzet, N., Gonçalves, I., Gouvret, C., Ottogalli, S., Faradji, H., Blanc, P.‐E., Bondoux, E., Valbousquet, F.Contributors: “...Institute Paul Emile Victor...”
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186by Fourquez, Marion, Beier, Sara, Jongmans, Elanor, Hunter, Robert, Obernosterer, IngridContributors: “...Institut Polaire Français Paul Emile Victor...”
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187by Masello, Juan F, Quillfeldt, Petra, Sandoval-Castellanos, Edson, Alderman, Rachael, Calderón, Luciano, Cherel, Yves, Cole, Theresa L, Cuthbert, Richard J, Marin, Manuel, Massaro, Melanie, Navarro, Joan, Phillips, Richard A, Ryan, Peter G, Shepherd, Lara D, Suazo, Cristián G, Weimerskirch, Henri, Moodley, YoshanContributors: “...Institut Polaire Français Paul Emile Victor...”
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188by Rolland, V., Nevoux, Marie, Barbraud, Christophe, Weimerskirch, HenriContributors: “...Institut Paul Emile Victor IPEV 109...”
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189by Rolland, V., Nevoux, Marie, Barbraud, Christophe, Weimerskirch, HenriContributors: “...Institut Paul Emile Victor IPEV 109...”
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190by Rolland, V., Nevoux, Marie, Barbraud, Christophe, Weimerskirch, HenriContributors: “...Institut Paul Emile Victor IPEV 109...”
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191by Danto, AnatoleContributors: “...Institut polaire français Paul Emile Victor...”
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192by Brlík, V., Kolecek, J., Burgess, M., Hahn, S., Humple, D., Krist, M., Ouwehand, J., Weiser, E.L., Adamik, P., Alves, J., Arlt, D., Barisic, S., Becker, D., Belda, E.J., Beran, V.Contributors: “...Institut Polaire Français Paul-Émile Victor...”
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193by Chaise, Laureline L., Paterson, William, Laske, Timothy G., Gallon, Susan L., McCafferty, Dominic J., Théry, Marc, Ancel, André, Gilbert, CarolineContributors: “...Institut Polaire Français Paul Emile Victor...”
Published in Polar Biology (2017)
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194by Rojas, J., Duprat, J., Engrand, C., Dartois, E., Delauche, L., Godard, M., Gounelle, M., Carrillo-Sánchez, J.D., Pokorný, P., Plane, J.M.C.Contributors: “...French Polar Institute Paul Emile Victor...”
Published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2021)
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195by Carravieri, Alice, Cherel, Yves, Brault-Favrou, Maud, Churlaud, Carine, Peluhet, Laurent, Labadie, Pierre, Budzinski, Hélène, Chastel, Olivier, Bustamante, PacoContributors: “...Institut Polaire Français Paul Emile Victor...”
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196by Albert, Céline, Renedo, Marina, Bustamante, Paco, Fort, JérômeContributors: “...Institut Polaire Français Paul Emile Victor...”
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197by Tisserand, Lucas, Dadaglio, Laëtitia, Intertaglia, Laurent, Catala, Philippe, Panagiotopoulos, Christos, Obernosterer, Ingrid, Joux, FabienContributors: “...Institut Polaire Français Paul Emile Victor...”
Published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (2020)
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198by Anderson, Christine M., Fahrig, Lenore, Rausch, Jennie, Martin, Jean‐Louis, Daufresne, Tanguy, Smith, Paul A.Contributors: “...Institut Polaire Français Paul Emile Victor...”
Published in Ecology and Evolution (2023)
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199by Berhanu, Tesfaye A., Meusinger, Carl, Erbland, Joseph, Jost, Rémy, Bhattacharya, S. K., Johnson, Matthew S., Savarino, JoëlContributors: “...Institut Polaire Française Paul Emile Victor...”
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200by Thiers, Laurie, Delord, Karine, Bost, Charles-André, Guinet, Christophe, Weimerskirch, HenriContributors: “...Institut Polaire Français Paul Emile Victor...”
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