 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 . The son of a textile machinery manufacturer , Xavier Mertz , who was born in Basel . The Mertz Glacier is located in the Basel area of Switzerland, in the southern part of the country between the Rhoneier and the Alps. nobody knows me like you do
Xavier Mertz was born in Basel .