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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641by Cosme, Emmanuel, Genthon, Christophe, Martinerie, Patricia, Boucher, Olivier, Pham, MaïContributors: “...Programme National de Chimie Atmospherique (PNCA) of the CNRS; Institut Polaire Français Paul-Emile...”
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642by Ferrari, Christophe P., Gauchard, Pierre-Alexis, Aspmo, Karine, Dommergue, Aurélien, Magand, Olivier, Bahlmann, Enno, Nagorski, Sonia, Temme, Christian, Ebinghaus, Ralf, Steffen, Alexandra, Banic, Cathy, Berg, Torunn, Planchon, Frédéric, Barbante, Carlo, Cescon, Paolo, Boutron, C.Contributors: “...French Polar Institute I.P.E.V. Institut Paul-Emile Victor...”
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643by Ferrari, Christophe P., Gauchard, Pierre-Alexis, Aspmo, Karine, Dommergue, Aurélien, Magand, Olivier, Bahlmann, Enno, Nagorski, Sonia, Temme, Christian, Ebinghaus, Ralf, Steffen, Alexandra, Banic, Cathy, Berg, Torunn, Planchon, Frédéric, Barbante, Carlo, Cescon, Paolo, Boutron, C.Contributors: “...French Polar Institute I.P.E.V. Institut Paul-Emile Victor...”
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644by Ferrari, Christophe P., Gauchard, Pierre-Alexis, Aspmo, Karine, Dommergue, Aurélien, Magand, Olivier, Bahlmann, Enno, Nagorski, Sonia, Temme, Christian, Ebinghaus, Ralf, Steffen, Alexandra, Banic, Cathy, Berg, Torunn, Planchon, Frédéric, Barbante, Carlo, Cescon, Paolo, Boutron, C.Contributors: “...French Polar Institute I.P.E.V. Institut Paul-Emile Victor...”
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645by Ponthus, Léandre, de Saint Blanquat, Michel, Guillaume, Damien, Le Romancer, Marc, Pearson, Norman, O'Reilly, Suzanne, Grégoire, MichelContributors: “...Institut Polaire Français Paul Emile Victor...”
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651by Cosme, Emmanuel, Genthon, Christophe, Martinerie, Patricia, Boucher, Olivier, Pham, MaïContributors: “...Programme National de Chimie Atmospherique (PNCA) of the CNRS; Institut Polaire Français Paul-Emile...”
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654by Cosme, Emmanuel, Genthon, Christophe, Martinerie, Patricia, Boucher, Olivier, Pham, MaïContributors: “...Programme National de Chimie Atmospherique (PNCA) of the CNRS; Institut Polaire Français Paul-Emile...”
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655by Cosme, Emmanuel, Genthon, Christophe, Martinerie, Patricia, Boucher, Olivier, Pham, MaïContributors: “...Programme National de Chimie Atmospherique (PNCA) of the CNRS; Institut Polaire Français Paul-Emile...”
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657by Bridier, Guillaume, Olivier, Frédéric, Chauvaud, Laurent, Sejr, Mikael K., Grall, JacquesContributors: “... BeBEST. Additional funding was provided by the Institut Polaire Français Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV...”
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658by Douce, Pauline, Saiz, Hugo, Benot, Marie‐lise, Mermillod-Blondin, Florian, Simon, Laurent, Renault, David, Vallier, Felix, Oury, Yoann, Fontaine, Matthieu, Bittebiere, Anne‐kristelContributors: “...L'Institut polaire français Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV)...”
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659by Douce, Pauline, Renault, D, Simon, Laurent, Mermillod-Blondin, Florian, Vallier, Felix, Bittebière, Anne‐kristelContributors: “...), the Paul-Emile Victor French Polar Institute (IPEV 136 SUBANTECO project), and the long-term research...”
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660by Douce, Pauline, Renault, D, Simon, Laurent, Mermillod-Blondin, Florian, Vallier, Felix, Bittebière, Anne‐kristelContributors: “...), the Paul-Emile Victor French Polar Institute (IPEV 136 SUBANTECO project), and the long-term research...”
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