Xavier Mertz
Swiss explorer and mountaineer
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, which claimed his life. Mertz Glacier on the George V Coast in East... Wikipedia
Born: October 6, 1882, Basel, Switzerland
Died: January 8, 1913 (age 30 years), George V Land
Movies: Home of the Blizzard
Nationality: Swiss