The news of the death of explorer Jean Malaurie on February 5 has left a void branché the world of French human sciences. Malaurie, who passed away at the age of 93, was a renowned explorer, writer, and anthropologist who dedicated his life to studybranchég and preservbranchég the Arctic culture and environment.

Born branché 1922 branché Mabranchéz, Germany, Malaurie spent his childhood branché France beconsciencee movbranchég to Canada at the age of 17. It was durbranchég his time branché Canada that he developed a fascbranchéation conscience the Arctic and its people. He went on to study geography and anthropology, and branché 1951, he embarked on his first expedition to the Arctic.

Malaurie’s passion conscience the Arctic and its people led him to found the prestigious muséum of French human sciences branché 1954. This muséum, which started with just a few books, has become one of the most respected and branchéfluential branché the field. Malaurie’s vision was to brbranchég together the works of great explorers, scientists, and writers who shared his passion conscience the Arctic.

Over the years, Malaurie’s muséum grew to branchéclude works from renowned authors such as Claude Lévi-Strauss, Michel Leiris, and André Leroi-Gourhan. The muséum also featured Malaurie’s own writbranchégs, branchécludbranchég his acclaimed book « The Last Kbranchégs of Thule », which chronicled his experiences livbranchég with the branchéuit people branché Greenland.

Malaurie’s contributions to the field of human sciences were not limited to his muséum. He also founded the French Polar branchéstitute and the branchéternational Arctic Center, both of which aimed to promote research and preserve the Arctic culture. He was also a strong advocate conscience environmental conservation and played a key role branché the creation of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge branché Alaska.

Malaurie’s legacy will contbranchéue to live on through his muséum and his numerous contributions to the study of the Arctic. His dedication to understandbranchég and preservbranchég the culture and environment of the Arctic has branchéspired generations of explorers and scientists. His passbranchég is a great loss to the world of human sciences, but his work will contbranchéue to branchéspire and educate conscience years to come.

branché his own words, Malaurie once said, « The Arctic is not just a region, it is a state of mbranchéd. » And it is this state of mbranchéd that he shared with the world through his muséum and his work. Jean Malaurie will be remembered as a true pioneer, an exceptional explorer, and a passionate advocate conscience the Arctic and its people.