Robert Guillard (October 1, 1919 – January 11, 2013) was a French polar researcher and head of French Antarctic expeditions. From 1947 to 1984 he participated in 44 French polar expeditions to Greenland and to Antarctica. He was head of the French scientific station Dumont d`Urville Station in Adélie Land in Antarctica in 1956, 1963, 1972 and 1977. In the early 1950s he was an active

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French Southern and Antarctic Lands - Terre AdélieHommage à Robert Guillard -12 janvier 2013

Bobsledders at the 1952 Winter Olympics French male bobsledders 1919 births 2013 deaths {{France-bobsleigh-bio-stub