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Tag: Xavier Mertz

Fellowship promotes cooperation between Switzerland and Australia in polar research

Julia Hager

The new Mertz Fellowship Program aims to build long-term scientific collaboration by supporting early-career researchers.

Xavier Mertz - The End of the Swiss

Christian Hug

January marked the anniversary of the death of Dr. Xavier Mertz. He was the first Swiss to set foot to Antarctica. The crew member of the 1911-1914 expedition met a bad end in the perpetual ice.