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Paul Louis Mercanton

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Paul-Louis Mercanton
Mercanton in 1919
Born(1876-05-11)11 May 1876
Lausanne, Switzerland
Died25 February 1963(1963-02-25) (aged 86)
Lausanne, Switzerland
Alma materUniversity of Lausanne
Occupation(s)Glaciologist, meteorologist
EmployerCentral Meteorological Institute

Paul-Louis Mercanton (11 May 1876 – 25 February 1963) was a Swiss glaciologist, meteorologist and Arctic explorer.

Biography

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Mercanton 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

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b Haeberli, Wilfried. "Paul-Louis Mercanton". Historisches Lexikon der Schweitz, HLS (in German). Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Mercantonfjellet (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 3 November 2013.

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