Paul-Émile Victor
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Paul-Émile Victor (June 28, 1907 - March 7, 1995) was a French ethnologist and explorer.
He was born in Geneva Switzerland. He graduated from École Centrale de Lyon in 1928.
Paul-Émile Victor was the initiator of the Expéditions polaires françaises, the French polar expedition after the Second World War.
Mount Victor, in the Belgica Mountains of Antarctica, is named after him.
In Greenland you can see his base camp hut, which sits on a slope, facing the fast moving glacier Eqip Sermia.
Further inland you will be able to see the remains of a ingenious pulley system, which was used to transport the expedition vehicles up onto the ice cap.
It is possible to visit the hut, but staying there is prohibited. For a stay in the nearby huts, contact World of Greenland in Ilulissat at www.wog.gl
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