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Disko

British  
/ ˈdɪskəʊ /

noun

  1. an island in Davis Strait, off the W coast of Greenland: extensive coal deposits

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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These icebergs, some of them skyscraper-size, calve regularly from the glacier front, crash into a deep fiord and float west into Disko Bay.

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2024

Over 35,000 cubic metres of ice calve from the glacier each year, and more icebergs spew into Disko Bay than anywhere else in the northern hemisphere.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2022

Written sources reported that the Norse routinely rowed up to 1500 kilometers to walrus migratory grounds near Disko Bay in western Greenland.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 10, 2016

“In the old days, you could take your sled and go to Disko Island,” Dorph said.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 17, 2016

But Disko in the cabin, scrawling in the log-book, did not look like a murderer, and when he went to supper he even smiled drily at the anxious Harvey.

From Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard

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