Paul-Émile Victor

Paul-Émile Victor
Paul-Émile Victor
Born	Paul Eugène Victor; 28 June 1907; Geneva, Switzerland
Died	7 March 1995 (aged 87); Bora-Bora, French Polynesia
Nationality	French
Education	École Centrale de Lyon
Occupation	ethnologist and explorer
Spouse(s)	Éliane Victor
Children	Jean-Christophe 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 1934, he participated in an expedition traversing Greenland. 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.[1] In 1952 he was awarded the Patron's Gold Medal by the Royal Geographical Society of London for the work. [2]

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.

References

"Find Greenland Icecap Bridges Three Islands", Ellensburg Daily Record, Oct 24, 1951, p6, accessed 2012-05-13
"List of Past Gold Medal Winners" (PDF). Royal Geographical Society. Retrieved 24 August 2015.

External links

Records of the Field Expedition to Greenland at Dartmouth College Library

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[ellensburg-1] "Find Greenland Icecap Bridges Three Islands", Ellensburg Daily Record, Oct 24, 1951, p6, accessed 2012-05-13

[2] "List of Past Gold Medal Winners" (PDF). Royal Geographical Society. Retrieved 24 August 2015.