Xavier Mertz
(1883-1913)
Swiss explorer, mountaineer, and skier
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Xavier Guillaume Mertz (6 October 1882 – 8 January 1913) was a Swiss polar explorer, mountaineer, and skier who took part in the Far Eastern Party, a 1912–1913 component of the Australasian Antarctic expedition, which claimed his life. Mertz Glacier on the George V Coast in East Antarctica is named after him.
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1883 Basel, Switzerland
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8 January 1913 (aged 29) George V Land, Antarctica
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