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Xavier Mertz

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Gender Male
Death110 years ago
Date of birth October 6,1882
Zodiac sign Libra
Born Basel
Switzerland
Date of died January 8,1913
DiedGeorge V Land
BooksSwiss Alps to Antarctic Glaciers: The Journals of Dr Xavier Mertz
Known forFar Eastern Party
Australasian Antarctic Expedition
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Education University of Bern
University of Lausanne
Leipzig University
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Xavier Mertz was a Swiss explorer, mountaineer and skier, from Basel. He took part in the Far Eastern Party, a 1912–1913 component of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, which claimed his life. The Mertz Glacier is named after him.

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