Aasiaat
Aasiaat , formerly Egedesminde , town (1996 pop. 3,039), Aasiaat dist., W Greenland, at the mouth of Disko Bay. It is the fourth largest town in Greenland. It was founded in 1759 and named for Hans Egede , a Norwegian missionary. A large shrimp-canning factory is there.
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Celebs embark on arctic adventure ; Pop stars including Jarvis Cocker, KT Tunstall and Martha Wainwright have witnessed climate change first hand on a voyage to the aptly named Disko Bay in the Arctic Circle.
Newspaper article from: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK); 10/10/2008; 700+ words
; ...including Jarvis Cocker, KT Tunstall and Martha Wainwright have witnessed climate change first hand on a voyage to the aptly named Disko Bay in the Arctic Circle. They were among an eclectic band of musicians, artists and scientists aboard the Russian research ship...
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Come to the Disko
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 9/13/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...mountains. Pushed into Disko Bay by the Sermeq Kujalleq...magnificent view out over Disko Bay, which is strewn with...Norwegian missionary Hans Egede, whose legend lives...checked into the plush Hans Egede Hotel before going off...
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From Greenland to Canada in ten days: tracks of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, across Baffin Bay.
Magazine article from: Arctic; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...with satellite transmitters in northwestern Disko Bay, West Greenland, in May 2001. Best results...tagging. A male and a female whale moved from Disko Bay to northern Canada. They left Disko Bay 11 days apart and took different routes across...
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Adventures in a cold climate
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/3/2008; 700+ words
; ...way. "Ilullisat is a settlement in Disko Bay and it's a pretty groovy town. With...Being able to sing and disco-dance in Disko Bay with some townsfolk of a Greenland village...the glacier front was 15km nearer. Disko Bay has stopped freezing regularly, so Ludwig...
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To Greenland, In Search of Icebergs
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/21/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...farther north, Melville Bay, and from Disko Bay, toward which we were sailing. Summer...aside and told me that in Jakobshavn, on Disko Bay, special arrangements could be made...I sat at my table and looked out over Disko Bay. Although it was 9:30, the sky was...
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Northern refuge: destinations in Scandinavia and the Baltic are perceived as safe. (Destination: Europe).
Magazine article from: Travel Agent; 3/24/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Midnight Sun can be seen in Illulissat on Disko Bay from May 25 to July 25, and at Qaanaaq...along Greenland's west coast to huge Disko Bay and back. Among the highlights of the...Glacier, 1] and towering icebergs in Disko Bay and at the mouth of the Ilulissat ice...
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Greenland celebrates 25 years of home rule
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 6/21/2004; ; 503 words
; ...Greenland's parliament. Together, they walked up to the wooden Hans Egede Church, Greenland's Lutheran cathedral, which sits on...a Danish colony in 1775 when Christian missionaries led by Hans Egede set foot on the island. It remained that way until 1953...
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Gronlondernes kristning: Eskimoerne og kirken II.
Magazine article from: Scandinavian Studies; 6/22/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...period, which started with the arrival of the missionary Hans Egede in 1721 and ended, two centuries later, with the baptism...was felt as a Christian obligation. Such was the case with Hans Egede, who tried to raise money for a voyage to Greenland in the...
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The Fox expedition in search of Franklin: a documentary trail.(Sir John Franklin)
Magazine article from: Arctic; 6/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...On the six-week voyage to the Danish whaling station at Disko Bay on the west coast of Greenland, Franklin regaled the officers...James Fitzjames, expressed his hope in a letter sent from Disko Bay to relatives in England that the expedition would not sail...
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Cape hopeful.(Letter from Cape Farewell expedition)
Magazine article from: Alternatives Journal; 3/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...during this year's Cape Farewell Art/Science expedition to Disko Bay in Western Greenland. For 11 days, I joined Mojisola and...From Kangerlussuaq in the south, we traveled north to the Disko Bay area, dodging icebergs and stopping occasionally to explore...
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Aasiaat
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Aasiaat , formerly Egedesminde , town (1996 pop. 3,039), Aasiaat dist., W Greenland, at the mouth of Disko Bay. It is the fourth largest town in Greenland. It was founded in 1759 and named for Hans Egede , a Norwegian missionary. A large shrimp-canning factory is there.
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Egedesminde
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Egedesminde Greenland: see Aasiaat .
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Greenland
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...reindeer are the chief land animals. In addition to the capital, other important settlements are Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg), Aasiaat (Egedesminde), Qaqortoq (Julianehåb), Maniitsoq (Sukkertoppen), and Ilulissat (Jakobshavn). More than...
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