Paul-Louis Mercanton (11 May 1876 – 25 February 1963) was a Swiss glaciologist, meteorologist and Arctic explorer.
Paul-Louis Mercanton | |
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 Mercanton in 1919 | |
| Born | 11 May 1876 Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Died | 25 February 1963 (aged 86) Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Alma mater | University of Lausanne |
| Occupation(s) | Glaciologist, meteorologist |
| Employer | Central Meteorological Institute |
Biography
editMercanton was born in Lausanne on 11 May 1876, a son of Eugène Mercanton and Félicie Marie Lavanchy. He married Alice Marguerite Colomb in 1907.[1]
Mercanton was a member of expeditions to Spitsbergen (1910), Greenland (1912–1913) and Jan Mayen (1921 and 1929). In 1921 he was part of a team which successfully climbed the Beerenberg volcano on Jan Mayen island for the first time. Mercantonfjellet, a mountainous area on Svalbard, is named after him.[2]
He died in Lausanne on 25 February 1963.[1]
See also
edit- Xavier Guillaume Mertz, contemporary Swiss polar explorer
Footnotes
edit- ^ a b Haeberli, Wilfried. "Paul-Louis Mercanton". Historisches Lexikon der Schweitz, HLS (in German). Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "Mercantonfjellet (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
Bibliography
edit- Lauritzen, P. R., ed. (2009). "Mercantonfjellet". Norsk Fjelleksikon (in Norwegian). Arendal: Friluftsforlaget. ISBN 9788291495477.
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