Disko
Britishnoun
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The Greenland sharks examined in the study were caught between 2020 and 2024 with scientific long lines near the University of Copenhagen's Arctic Station on Disko Island, Greenland.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
"Ever since 2001 I noticed the winter seasons in Disko Bay didn't have as much ice," he says.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2022
Like the others, she felt hopeful that the show would help raise awareness about Denmark’s relationship with Greenland, and she said she felt permanently altered by her encounters with those spectacular icebergs in Disko Bay.
From New York Times ● May 26, 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
"Run under, by the great hook-block!" shouted Disko, jumping aft.
From Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
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