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Aasiaat
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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Adventures in a cold climate
; ...great way. "Ilullisat is a settlement in Disko Bay and it's a pretty groovy town. With this...Being able to sing and disco-dance in Disko Bay with some townsfolk of a Greenland village...ago, the glacier front was 15km nearer. Disko Bay has stopped freezing regularly, so Ludwig...
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KT: I'M MOVING TO THE ARCTIC; Singer smitten after chilly honeymoon.(News)
; ...didn't want to come home to sunny Scotland. On her expedition to Disko Bay, she said: I love it here and I don't want to leave. It's so...Between eco-experiments on the 11-day voyage, KT's crew rocked Disko Bay's tiny pubs with impromptu collaborations. But the Suddenly...
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To Greenland, In Search of Icebergs
; ...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 bright...
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Off the wall
; ...super-calm, ice-cold mural of a massive glacier. It was titled Disko Bay, not in homage to Travolta but because that's the name of the...room, a dark Antarctic vision that's the diametric opposite of Disko Bay, will run maybe 70 feet around the walls. He's thinking of...
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Sit and watch the floes go by at Greenland's Iceberg Junction And if you fancy ice in your drink, just dip your glass in the sea. Cheers, says Mark Rowe
; ...summer icebergs great and small chug up and down the surrounding Disko Bay, as though attached to underwater railway lines. We watched...tourists; locals prefer speedboats with which to zip around Disko Bay in pursuit of halibut and seals. They may have modern-day medical...
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Northern refuge: destinations in Scandinavia and the Baltic are perceived as safe. (Destination: Europe).
; ...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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Commentary: Gateway to Greenland
; ...Located about 200 miles north of Kangerlussuaq in the heart of Disko Bay, Ilulissat is a fishing village that is inhabited by as many...means icebergs. The shift from spring to summer means change on Disko Bay. Winter snow melts, sled dogs have their pups, and icebergs...
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Fury as 24 whales die.(News)
; ...slaughtered in Greenland. The Whale and Dolphin Society said the whales were harpooned to death after being trapped by moving ice in Disko Bay. It is believed the 24 orcas - part of a pod of 100 whales - were on a long migration that takes in Scotland during the spring...
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SENATOR CARDIN VISITS GREENLAND TO WITNESS EFFECTS OF GLOBAL WARMING
; ...visited the Kangia Ice Fjord near Illulissat and the iceberg-filled Disko Bay with colleagues from the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. The Senator said that Disko Bay, the location of the world`s largest ice fjord, has experienced...
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Greenland's icy attractions beckon
; ...ashore — our scheduled two-day, overnight trip through Disko Bay having been inexplicably condensed into 20 paddle-wacky hours...millions of tons of ice from Greenland's frozen interior into Disko Bay. As this process plays out where fjord meets sea, pressure...
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