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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321by Scoto, Federico, Sadatzki, Henrik, Maffezzoli, Niccolò, Barbante, Carlo, Gagliardi, Alessandro, Varin, Cristiano, Vallelonga, Paul, Gkinis, Vasileios, Dahl-Jensen, Dorthe, Kjær, Helle Astrid, Burgay, François, Saiz-Lopez, A., Stein, Ruediger, Spolaor, AndreaContributors: “...Institut Polaire Français Paul Emile Victor...”
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2022)
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322by Labonne, Jacques, Buoro, Mathieu, Aulus Giacosa, Lucie, Vignon, Matthias, Eldøy, Sindre, Davidsen, Jan, Bordeleau, Xavier, Ferchiou, Sophia, Caza, France, St-Pierre, Yves, Betoulle, Stephane, Aymes, Jean-Christophe, Gueraud, Francois, Hendry, Andrew, Marandel, Lucie, Glise, Stéphane, Herman, Alexandre, Veron, Vincent, Panserat, Stéphane, Gaudin, PhilippeContributors: “...Institut Polaire Français Paul-Emile Victor...”
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323by Labonne, Jacques, Buoro, Mathieu, Aulus Giacosa, Lucie, Vignon, Matthias, Eldøy, Sindre, Davidsen, Jan, Bordeleau, Xavier, Ferchiou, Sophia, Caza, France, St-Pierre, Yves, Betoulle, Stephane, Aymes, Jean-Christophe, Gueraud, Francois, Hendry, Andrew, Marandel, Lucie, Glise, Stéphane, Herman, Alexandre, Veron, Vincent, Panserat, Stéphane, Gaudin, PhilippeContributors: “...Institut Polaire Français Paul-Emile Victor...”
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324by Labonne, Jacques, Buoro, Mathieu, Aulus Giacosa, Lucie, Vignon, Matthias, Eldøy, Sindre, Håvarstein, Davidsen, Jan, Grimsrud, Bordeleau, Xavier, Ferchiou, Sophia, Caza, France, St-Pierre, Yves, Betoulle, Stephane, Aymes, Jean-Christophe, Gueraud, Francois, Hendry, Andrew, P, Marandel, Lucie, Glise, Stéphane, Herman, Alexandre, Veron, Vincent, Panserat, Stéphane, Gaudin, PhilippeContributors: “...Institut Polaire Français Paul-Emile Victor...”
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325by Labonne, Jacques, Buoro, Mathieu, Aulus Giacosa, Lucie, Vignon, Matthias, Eldøy, Sindre, Håvarstein, Davidsen, Jan, Grimsrud, Bordeleau, Xavier, Ferchiou, Sophia, Caza, France, St-Pierre, Yves, Betoulle, Stephane, Aymes, Jean-Christophe, Gueraud, Francois, Hendry, Andrew, P, Marandel, Lucie, Glise, Stéphane, Herman, Alexandre, Veron, Vincent, Panserat, Stéphane, Gaudin, PhilippeContributors: “...Institut Polaire Français Paul-Emile Victor...”
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326by Labonne, Jacques, Buoro, Mathieu, Aulus Giacosa, Lucie, Vignon, Matthias, Eldøy, Sindre, Håvarstein, Davidsen, Jan, Grimsrud, Bordeleau, Xavier, Ferchiou, Sophia, Caza, France, St-Pierre, Yves, Betoulle, Stephane, Aymes, Jean-Christophe, Gueraud, Francois, Hendry, Andrew, P, Marandel, Lucie, Glise, Stéphane, Herman, Alexandre, Veron, Vincent, Panserat, Stéphane, Gaudin, PhilippeContributors: “...Institut Polaire Français Paul-Emile Victor...”
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327by Labonne, Jacques, Buoro, Mathieu, Aulus Giacosa, Lucie, Vignon, Matthias, Eldøy, Sindre, Håvarstein, Davidsen, Jan, Grimsrud, Bordeleau, Xavier, Ferchiou, Sophia, Caza, France, St-Pierre, Yves, Betoulle, Stephane, Aymes, Jean-Christophe, Gueraud, Francois, Hendry, Andrew, P, Marandel, Lucie, Glise, Stéphane, Herman, Alexandre, Veron, Vincent, Panserat, Stéphane, Gaudin, PhilippeContributors: “...Institut Polaire Français Paul-Emile Victor...”
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328by Labonne, Jacques, Buoro, Mathieu, Aulus Giacosa, Lucie, Vignon, Matthias, Eldøy, Sindre, Håvarstein, Davidsen, Jan, Grimsrud, Bordeleau, Xavier, Ferchiou, Sophia, Caza, France, St-Pierre, Yves, Betoulle, Stephane, Aymes, Jean-Christophe, Gueraud, Francois, Hendry, Andrew, P, Marandel, Lucie, Glise, Stéphane, Herman, Alexandre, Veron, Vincent, Panserat, Stéphane, Gaudin, PhilippeContributors: “...Institut Polaire Français Paul-Emile Victor...”
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329by Labonne, Jacques, Buoro, Mathieu, Aulus Giacosa, Lucie, Vignon, Matthias, Eldøy, Sindre, Håvarstein, Davidsen, Jan, Grimsrud, Bordeleau, Xavier, Ferchiou, Sophia, Caza, France, St-Pierre, Yves, Betoulle, Stephane, Aymes, Jean-Christophe, Gueraud, Francois, Hendry, Andrew, P, Marandel, Lucie, Glise, Stéphane, Herman, Alexandre, Veron, Vincent, Panserat, Stéphane, Gaudin, PhilippeContributors: “...Institut Polaire Français Paul-Emile Victor...”
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330by Van de Vijver, Bart, Chattova, Barbora, Lebouvier, Marc, Houk, VaclavContributors: “...French Polar Institute Paul-Emile Victor 136...”
Published in Phytotaxa (2017)
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331Contributors: “...The French Polar Institute Paul-Emile Victor that supports our program IPEV 136 ‘SUBANTECO...”
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333by Marchand, Lorène Julia, Tarayre, Michèle, Dorey, Thomas, Rantier, Yann, Hennion, FrançoiseContributors: “...1116, Institut Polaire Français Paul Emile Victor...”
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334Contributors: “..."Institut Paul Emile Victor" IPEV 136...”
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335by Hermant, Marie, Prinzing, Andreas, Vernon, Philippe, Convey, Peter, Hennion, FrançoiseContributors: “...Institut Polaire Paul Emile Victor programme no. 136; ATIP Grant CNRS; ZA Antarctique...”
Published in Journal of Biogeography (2013)
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336by Marchand, Lorène Julia, Tarayre, Michèle, Dorey, Thomas, Rantier, Yann, Hennion, FrançoiseContributors: “...1116, Institut Polaire Français Paul Emile Victor...”
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337by MORAT, Fabien, Betoulle, S., Robert, M., Thailly, A. F., Biagianti-Risbourg, S., Lecomte-Finiger, R.Contributors: “...L'Institut polaire français Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV)...”
Published in Ecology of Freshwater Fish (2008)
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338by MORAT, Fabien, Betoulle, S., Robert, M., Thailly, A. F., Biagianti-Risbourg, S., Lecomte-Finiger, R.Contributors: “...L'Institut polaire français Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV)...”
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339by Leclaire, Sarah, Merkling, Thomas, Raynaud, Christine, Mulard, Hervé, Bessière, Jean-Marie, Lhuillier, Emeline, Hatch, Scott A., Danchin, EtienneContributors: “...French Polar Institute Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV) 1162...”
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2012)
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340by Leclaire, Sarah, Merkling, Thomas, Raynaud, Christine, Mulard, Hervé, Bessière, Jean-Marie, Lhuillier, Emeline, Hatch, Scott A., Danchin, EtienneContributors: “...French Polar Institute Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV) 1162...”
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