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.
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