  Joseph Devaux, who held a position of assistant-meteorologist at Pic du Midi
Observatory, had an outstanding career. He devoted his life to the Pic and to
scientific research. A pioneer of the study of snow and glaciers, he also
pursued research in many fields of atmospheric physics. He was the physicist
with Commandant Charcot polar expeditions but was lost at sea (when the
Pourquoi-Pas ? sank) before he was able to use his talents to the full.
