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Xavier Mertz

Antarctic explorer, mountaineer and skier (1882-1913)

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Lived 1882–1913, aged 31Switzerland
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    1882–1913
    Aged 31
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Updated 2026-08-23

Xavier Guillaume Mertz 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, on which he died. Mertz Glacier on the George V Coast in East Antarctica is named after him.

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