Paul-Émile Victor
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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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661by Bès de Berc, Maxime, Zigone, Dimitri, Danecek, Peter, Steyer, Alain, Zanolin, Francesco, Maggi, Alessia, Thoré, Jean-Yves, Bernard, Armelle, Blumentritt, Hervé, Lambotte, Sophie, Lévêque, Jean-Jacques, Rivera, Luis, Alemany, Olivier, Possenti, Philippe, Vallée, Martin, Stutzmann, Eléonore, Cavaliere, Adriano, Cotte, Nathalie, Marino, Stefano, Gombert, Baptiste, Marie-Sainte, Wenceslas, Leroy, Nicolas, Pardo, Constanza, Pesqueira, Frédérick, Broucke, CélesteContributors: “...L'Institut polaire français Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV)...”
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662by Bès de Berc, Maxime, Zigone, Dimitri, Danecek, Peter, Steyer, Alain, Zanolin, Francesco, Maggi, Alessia, Thoré, Jean-Yves, Bernard, Armelle, Blumentritt, Hervé, Lambotte, Sophie, Lévêque, Jean-Jacques, Rivera, Luis, Alemany, Olivier, Possenti, Philippe, Vallée, Martin, Stutzmann, Eléonore, Cavaliere, Adriano, Cotte, Nathalie, Marino, Stefano, Gombert, Baptiste, Marie-Sainte, Wenceslas, Leroy, Nicolas, Pardo, Constanza, Pesqueira, Frédérick, Broucke, CélesteContributors: “...L'Institut polaire français Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV)...”
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663by Legrand, Michel, Preunkert, S., Jourdain, Benjamin, Gallée, H., Goutail, Florence, Weller, R., Savarino, Joël, EContributors: “...IPEV (Institut Paul Emile Victor): French programs 903/904 and 414...”
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664by Bès de Berc, Maxime, Zigone, Dimitri, Danecek, Peter, Steyer, Alain, Zanolin, Francesco, Maggi, Alessia, Thoré, Jean-Yves, Bernard, Armelle, Blumentritt, Hervé, Lambotte, Sophie, Lévêque, Jean-Jacques, Rivera, Luis, Alemany, Olivier, Possenti, Philippe, Vallée, Martin, Stutzmann, Eléonore, Cavaliere, Adriano, Cotte, Nathalie, Marino, Stefano, Gombert, Baptiste, Marie-Sainte, Wenceslas, Leroy, Nicolas, Pardo, Constanza, Pesqueira, Frédérick, Broucke, CélesteContributors: “...L'Institut polaire français Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV)...”
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666by Legrand, Michel, Preunkert, S., Jourdain, Benjamin, Gallée, H., Goutail, Florence, Weller, R., Savarino, Joël, EContributors: “...IPEV (Institut Paul Emile Victor): French programs 903/904 and 414...”
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667by 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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668by Legrand, Michel, Preunkert, S., Jourdain, Benjamin, Gallée, H., Goutail, Florence, Weller, R., Savarino, Joël, EContributors: “...IPEV (Institut Paul Emile Victor): French programs 903/904 and 414...”
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670by 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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671by 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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672by Legrand, Michel, Preunkert, S., Jourdain, Benjamin, Gallée, H., Goutail, Florence, Weller, R., Savarino, Joël, EContributors: “...IPEV (Institut Paul Emile Victor): French programs 903/904 and 414...”
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673by Gutt, Julian, Alvaro, M. C., Barco, A., Böhmer, A., Bracher, A., David, Bruno, de Ridder, Chantal, Dorschel, B., Eléaume, Marc, Janussen, Dorte, Kersken, D., López-González, Pablo J., Martínez-Baraldés, I., Schröder, M., Segelken-Voigt, A., Teixidó, N.Contributors: “...’ of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France; and from the Institut polaire français Paul Emile...”
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674by 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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675by Gutt, Julian, Alvaro, M. C., Barco, A., Böhmer, A., Bracher, A., David, Bruno, de Ridder, Chantal, Dorschel, B., Eléaume, Marc, Janussen, Dorte, Kersken, D., López-González, Pablo J., Martínez-Baraldés, I., Schröder, M., Segelken-Voigt, A., Teixidó, N.Contributors: “...’ of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France; and from the Institut polaire français Paul Emile...”
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676by Gutt, Julian, Alvaro, M. C., Barco, A., Böhmer, A., Bracher, A., David, Bruno, de Ridder, Chantal, Dorschel, B., Eléaume, Marc, Janussen, Dorte, Kersken, D., López-González, Pablo J., Martínez-Baraldés, I., Schröder, M., Segelken-Voigt, A., Teixidó, N.Contributors: “...’ of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France; and from the Institut polaire français Paul Emile...”
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677by 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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678by Gutt, Julian, Alvaro, M. C., Barco, A., Böhmer, A., Bracher, A., David, Bruno, de Ridder, Chantal, Dorschel, B., Eléaume, Marc, Janussen, Dorte, Kersken, D., López-González, Pablo J., Martínez-Baraldés, I., Schröder, M., Segelken-Voigt, A., Teixidó, N.Contributors: “...’ of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France; and from the Institut polaire français Paul Emile...”
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679by 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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680by Engell Dahl, Julie, Bertrand, Mathilde, Pierre, Aurélien, Curtit, Bérengère, Pillard, Clémence, Tasiemski, Aurélie, Convey, Peter, Renault, DContributors: “...), and the French Polar Institute Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV, program 136 ‘SUBANTECO’). Peter Convey is supported...”
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