Ethnologist Jean Malaurie, specialist in the Far North, died at the age of 101. He was made famous by a book in defense of the Inuit, "The Last Kings of Thule" by Plon in 1955, where he denounced the destruction of their territory by the American army.
“He leaves a work of masterful depth” The book was the first title in a successful collection that still exists, Human Earth. He directed it until 2016, and was its honorary president until 2021.