Xavier Mertz (6 October 1882 - 8 January 1913) was a Swiss explorer, mountaineer and skier, from Basel. He took part in the Far Eastern Party, a 1912-13 component of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, which claimed his life. The Mertz Glacier is named after him -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Mertz
Bage cooks the meal, Hurley in his sleeping bag, 1912
Mertz & me : by Basilisk : adventures of an Antarctic sledge-dog