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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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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

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

"Ever since 2001 I noticed the winter seasons in Disko Bay didn't have as much ice," he says.

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

"It's blown clear," Disko cried, and all the fo'c'sle tumbled up for a bit of fresh air.

From Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling

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