__NOTOC__
Paul-Louis Mercanton (11 May 1876 – 25 February 1963) was a Swiss glaciologist, meteorologist and
Arctic explorer
Arctic exploration is the physical exploration of the Arctic region of the Earth. It refers to the historical period during which mankind has explored the region north of the Arctic Circle. Historical records suggest that humankind have explored ...
.
Mercanton was a member of expeditions to
Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen (; formerly known as West Spitsbergen; Norwegian: ''Vest Spitsbergen'' or ''Vestspitsbergen'' , also sometimes spelled Spitzbergen) is the largest and the only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norw ...
(1910), Greenland (1912–1913) and
Jan Mayen
Jan Mayen () is a Norwegian volcanic island in the Arctic Ocean with no permanent population. It is long (southwest-northeast) and in area, partly covered by glaciers (an area of around the Beerenberg volcano). It has two parts: larger nort ...
(1921 and 1929).
Mercantonfjellet, a mountainous area on
Svalbard
Svalbard ( , ), also known as Spitsbergen, or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North of mainland Europe, it is about midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole. The islands of the group range ...
, is named after him.
See also
*
Xavier Guillaume Mertz, contemporary Swiss polar explorer
Footnotes
Bibliography
*
External links
*
1876 births
1963 deaths
Explorers of the Arctic
Swiss explorers
Swiss glaciologists
Swiss meteorologists
University of Lausanne alumni
{{Glaciologist-stub