{"id":4143061,"date":"2024-04-19T13:04:35","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T11:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/escales.ponant.com\/?p=4143061"},"modified":"2024-06-26T09:49:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T07:49:43","slug":"paul-emile-victor-portrait-of-a-passionately-dedicated-polar-explorer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/escales.ponant.com\/en\/paul-emile-victor-portrait-of-a-passionately-dedicated-polar-explorer\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul-\u00c9mile Victor: portrait of a passionately dedicated polar explorer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A legacy of peoples and poles<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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There are encounters that can determine the course a life will take. One such is the encounter that occurred between the young up-and-coming ethnologist Paul-\u00c9mile Victor<\/strong> and the illustrious explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot<\/a><\/strong>. C\u00e9cile Manet, a PONANT naturalist guide specialising in the history of the great explorers<\/strong>, gives us an insight into the career of this man with a passionate interest in the polar regions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Initial expeditions to Greenland<\/b><\/h2>\n

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Victor\u2019s tenacity and strength of conviction won over Jean-Baptiste Charcot<\/strong>, who saw in him a natural successor to himself. \u201cMon p\u2019tit, je vous emm\u00e8ne\u201d<\/em> (\u201cI\u2019ll take you, my boy\u201d)<\/em>, he is said to have persuasively announced as he took the ethnologist aboard his legendary three-master Le Pourquoi Pas ?<\/em>, alongside anthropologist and doctor Robert Gessain, geologist Michel P\u00e9rez and film-maker Fred Matter. When he landed in Angmagssalik, Greenland<\/a><\/strong>, he worked together with the local populations<\/strong><\/a>, which gave him an initial insight into the issues involved in preserving their way of life.<\/p>\n

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Illustration from the comic strip Paul-\u00c9mile Victor, la soif d\u2019aventure, 1905-1937<\/em>, by S. Dugast, S. Niveau, L. Seigneuret and F. Fleury, published by Sekoya in March 2024.<\/p>\n

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The following year, he and his companions organised an 800-km east to west crossing of the Greenland ice cap by dog sled<\/a>, which they completed in 40 days. It was during this expedition that, thanks to his respectful approach towards the Greenlanders, he forged links with an Inuit community in Kangerdlugssuatsiak<\/strong>, where Jean-Baptiste Charcot again dropped him off in August 1936 (just prior to his death off the coast of Iceland) for a second overwintering, this time alone. Victor would not learn of his mentor\u2019s demise, or the loss of a significant portion of the items collected during the trans-Greenland expedition, until 1937.<\/p>\n

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What motivated Victor above all was learning about the Inuit peoples<\/em> \u2013 at the time, he was still using the term \u2018Eskimo\u2019. He wanted to immerse himself in their culture and discover their way of life and their relationship with nature.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Immersed with the Inuit<\/b><\/h2>\n

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The French explorer had an intensive experience of Inuit culture<\/strong> lasting 14 months, in extreme and often hostile conditions. He lived with around thirty people in rudimentary accommodation and fell in love with a young woman called Doumidia, with whom he was involved for several years: \u201cAn Eskimo among Eskimos\u201d, as he would later describe in his books. The local people, who had great difficulty pronouncing his name, affectionately referred to him as \u2018Wittou\u2019. He spoke in the Greenlandic he\u2019d learnt on previous trips, and when that wasn\u2019t enough to make himself understood, he used gestures.<\/p>\n

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Illustration from the comic strip Paul-\u00c9mile Victor, la soif d\u2019aventure, 1905-1937<\/em>, by S. Dugast, S. Niveau, L. Seigneuret and F. Fleury, published by Sekoya in March 2024.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen he first arrived to overwinter, he was initially surprised by the omnipresent smell of seals,\u201d<\/em> recounts C\u00e9cile Manet. Inuit people use this animal in all aspects of their daily lives<\/strong>, though especially for food and clothing. Working alongside the locals, who saw him as one of their own, the explorer learned to hunt, exploit local natural resources and build shelters to protect himself from the cold. This experience left a deep impression on him, strengthening his connection with indigenous peoples and his commitment to protecting this culture and spreading knowledge about it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Gathering and sharing knowledge<\/b><\/h2>\n

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Victor managed to capture the essence of these lands through his many writings, photographs and drawings, and through items collected during this period. He returned with an in-depth study of these peoples and put together an invaluable collection of 4,000 ethnographic items<\/strong>. The detailed cartography<\/strong> forming part of his work has also contributed to further research into the geographical features of Greenland. In biological terms, his meticulously collected samples of flora and fauna<\/strong> are invaluable.<\/p>\n

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Illustration from the comic strip Paul-\u00c9mile Victor, la soif d\u2019aventure, 1905-1937<\/em>, by S. Dugast, S. Niveau, L. Seigneuret and F. Fleury, published by Sekoya in March 2024.<\/p>\n

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On his return from these expeditions, the charismatic Paul-\u00c9mile Victor enjoyed considerable media attention. These archives, which constitute a major piece of exploration heritage<\/strong>, are for the most part kept at the Mus\u00e9e de l\u2019Homme<\/em> in Paris<\/strong>. The museum director offered him a series of lectures, over the course of which he used his oratory talents to present his discoveries and raise public awareness about the richness and fragility of the polar regions<\/strong>. Over the years, he became a renowned speaker and continued to share his experience and knowledge at various events, conferences and public meetings. His aim was to highlight the scientific, geographical and cultural potential of these regions and to make France a major player in these fields.<\/p>\n

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Like Jean-Baptiste Charcot, Paul-\u00c9mile Victor felt that France was not investing enough in polar exploration.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The architect of France\u2019s great polar adventure<\/b><\/h2>\n

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In 1947, in the aftermath of the Second World War<\/strong>, during which he put his flying skills to work for the US Air Force while at the same time also introducing troops to the Arctic territories, Victor played a part in setting up Exp\u00e9ditions Polaires Fran\u00e7aises (EPF)<\/strong>. The organisation, which he headed until 1976, was the first to be entirely dedicated to raising public and private funding for scientific research and exploration in the polar regions. It allowed a new series of French expeditions to be undertaken to Greenland and Ad\u00e9lie Land<\/a> (Antarctica)<\/strong> from the following year onwards. Numerous long-distance polar treks and overwintering expeditions would also be undertaken, enabling the establishment of permanent scientific bases in wild, untamed lands.<\/p>\n

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Thanks to his material and intellectual contributions to our knowledge about the peoples of Greenland and the preservation of their ecosystem<\/strong>, Paul-\u00c9mile Victor has succeeded in writing his name in the annals of the history of great explorations. The work of a lifetime, it has enabled France to hold its own amongst the great polar-exploring nations.<\/p>\n

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Paul-\u00c9mile Victor: 6 key dates<\/h2>\n

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1907: <\/b><\/span>birth in Geneva.<\/p>\n

1934: <\/strong>organisation <\/span>of his first ethnographic expedition to the east coast of Greenland thanks to his decisive encounter with Jean-Baptiste Charcot.<\/p>\n

1936: <\/strong>crossed the ice cap from west to east with 3 other explorers. On arrival, he spent 14 months living with the Inuit at Kangerlussuatsiaq.<\/p>\n

1940: <\/strong>mobilised in the French navy during the Second World War.<\/p>\n

1947-1976: <\/strong>creation and direction of Exp\u00e9ditions Polaires Fran\u00e7aises (EPF).<\/p>\n

1977: <\/strong>settles in Polynesia. There he writes his memoirs and continues his commitment to environmental conservation.<\/p>\n

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Photo credits: \u00a9Editions du Sekoya mars 2024<\/p>\n

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