Paul Louis Mercanton Explained

Paul-Louis Mercanton
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Birth Date:	11 May 1876
Birth Place:	Lausanne, Switzerland
Death Place:	Lausanne, Switzerland
Employer:	Central Meteorological Institute

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

Biography

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). Mercantonfjellet, a mountainous area on Svalbard, is named after him.^[2]

He died in Lausanne on 25 February 1963.^[1]

See also

• Xavier Guillaume Mertz, contemporary Swiss polar explorer

Bibliography

• Encyclopedia: Lauritzen. P. R.. Per Roger Lauritzen. 2009. Mercantonfjellet. Norsk Fjelleksikon. no. Arendal. Friluftsforlaget. 9788291495477.

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Paul-Louis Mercanton . Wilfried . Haeberli . Historisches Lexikon der Schweitz, HLS . de . 7 June 2023.
2. Web site: Mercantonfjellet (Svalbard). Norwegian Polar Institute. 2013-11-03. dmy-all.