Disko
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
ILULISSAT, Greenland — From the top floor of a hotel here the view of Disko Bay, a vast inlet in western Greenland dotted with icebergs, was captivating.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2022
A few years ago, a Russian venture capitalist named Dmitry Volkov organized a showdown between Dennett and Chalmers near Disko Island, off the west coast of Greenland.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 20, 2017
Disko pretended that he wished to accommodate folk who had not sent in their mail, and so worked her gracefully in and out among the schooners.
From Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
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