Disko

/ ˈdɪskəʊ /

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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