The Disko licence is granted to the same licensee as the Nuussuaq licence and the licence terms are based on the same principles as the Nuussuaq licence. The results are of great importance for a first assessment of the exploration possibilities on- and offshore West Greenland. The package is being distributed to the industry at a price of DKK 10,000 that mainly covers the costs of reproduction and shipment. The package includes results from systematic field work from the period 1990-1996. The results of this data revealed a very large thickness of sediments in a complex of grabens and half-grabens and also the existence of very large structures that could provide traps for hydrocarbons.
Additional information is provided in a recently issued leaflet.
In regards to the biological environment, surveys have been carried since 1994 by the National Environmental Research Institute directed primarily at the large populations of sea birds in the area. Basic information on sea bird colonies has been gathered and compiled in a database and published in a report in 1996. Aerial surveys were conducted in 1994 and 1995 with the aim of locating moulting areas for ducks in the coastal zone. A study identifying birdconcentrations during the spring migration was initiated in 1995 and will continue in 1997. In addition, as part of an investigation of use of habitat in 1993 and 1994, narwhals in the Melville Bay were tagged with satellite transmitters.