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Greenland Sea

[ green-luhnd see, -land ]

noun

  1. a sea that lies northeast of Greenland and north of Iceland, variously defined as being part of either the Arctic Ocean or the North Atlantic Ocean: connected to the Arctic Ocean via the Fram Strait, site of the Molloy Deep.


Greenland Sea

noun

  1. the S part of the Arctic Ocean, off the NE coast of Greenland
“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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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of Greenland Sea1

First recorded in 1900–05
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This widespread fishing practice emits the most emissions in the East China Sea, the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, and the Greenland Sea, according to the new paper.

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It’s essentially a massive slow-moving river that terminates in several very large glaciers that spill into the Greenland Sea.

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We lay there until the whales left us behind, swimming once again toward the mouth of the Greenland Sea.

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In an early scene, Lars and Sigrit are standing on the docks of their hometown of Húsavík in North Iceland, when two humpback whales breach surface of the Greenland Sea and soar into the air.

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It was strong enough to cause local waves in the Greenland Sea but was not expected to cause a tsunami in more populated areas, the U.S.

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