Alaska Dictionary (1988), part three

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Pg. 61:  HAINES; HALIBUT; HARDHEAD--Affectionate term for commercial fishermen of Norwegian ancestry...; HATCHERY; HAUL ROAD; HAW--Command to sled dog team to turn left.

Pg. 62:  HICKEL, WALTER J.: HICKEL HIGHWAY; HIGH BUSH CRANBERRY; HIGHLINER--Term used for commercial fishermen who catch the largest quantities of fish...; HOMER; HOMESTEAD

Pg. 63:  HOOK; HOOK AND RELEASE; HOPE; HOOLIGAN; HUMMOCK; HUMPBACK WHALE

Pg. 65:  HUMPY; HUNDRED-MILE-AN-HOUR-TAPE--Duct tape...; HUSKY; HYPOTHERMIA; ICE CREEPERS--Spiked plates that attach to soles of boots...

Pg. 67:  ICE FIELD; ICE FOG; ICEWORM; IDITAROD

Pg. 69:  IGLOO; ILIAMNA; INSIDE PASSAGE; INTERIOR; INUIT

Pg. 71:  INUPIAT, INUPIAQ; IRISH LORD--An incredibly ugly, spiny fish...; JACKS--Young king SALMON that are not fully grown; JACKSON, SHELDON; JIG

Pg. 73:  JITNEY; JUNEAU; KACHEMAK; KAKE

Pg. 74:  KASHIM; KATMAI; KAYAK; KENAI; KETCHIKAN

Pg. 75:  KICKER--BUSH term for an outboard motor...; KING CRAB; KINGS; KISKA

Pg. 76:  KLISTER--Gooey, sticky substance spread on waxable NORDIC SKIS...; KLONDIKE; KNIK; KNUCKLE HOP; KODIAK

Pg. 77:  KOLOSH; KONIAG; KOTZEBUE; KUSKOKWIM; KUSPUK--ESKIMO woman's summer PARKA...; KVICHAK

Pg. 78:  LABRET; LAND DISPOSAL; LAND LOTTERY; LAND SWAP

Pg. 79:  LANDING STRIP; LEAD DOG; LIMITED ENTRY; LINE; LIVENGOOD; LONGEVITY BONUS

Pg. 81:  LONGLINER; LOW BUSH CRANBERRY; LOWER 48; MALASPINA

Pg. 82:  MALEMUTE, MALAMUTE; MARINE HIGHWAY; MARINE MAMMAL; MATANUSKA

Pg. 84:  MATANUSKA VALLEY COLONY; MAT-SU; McKINLEY

Pg. 85:  METLAKATLA; MIDNIGHT SUN; MILEPOST; MILITARY RESERVATION

Pg. 86:  MOOSE; MOOSE GOOSER--Alaska equivalent of the "cow catcher" on railroad engines in the LOWER 48; slang term for the Alaska Railroad...: MOSQUITO

Pg. 88:  MOUNT AUGUSTINE; MOUNT FORAKER; MOUNT MARATHON; MUD BOOTS; MUDFLATS

Pg. 89:  MUKLUK; MUKLUK TELEGRAPH; MUKTUK; MURRES; MUSH; MUSHER

Pg. 90:  MUSKEG; MUSK OX; NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE; NATIVE; NATIVE CORPORATION

Pg. 91:  NENANA ICE CLASSIC; NEW ARCHANGEL; NIKISKI or NIKISHKA; NIKOLAEVSK; 1991; NINILCHIK

Pg. 92:  NOME; NORDIC SKIS; NORTHERN LIGHTS; NORTH POLE; NORTH SLOPE

Pg. 93:  NORTHWEST PASSAGE; OLD BELIEVER--Member of the sect of RUSSIAN ORTHODOX Christians...

Pg. 95:  ONE-FOOT HIGH KICK; ONE-HAND REACH; ONION DOME; OOGRUK; OOSIK; OPEN-TO-ENTRY LAND; ORCA

Pg. 98:  OUTSIDE; PACK ICE; PAD

Pg. 99:  PALMER; PANCAKE ICE; PANHANDLE; PARKA; PARKA SQUIRREL

Pg. 100:  PARKS HIGHWAY; PASS; PENINSULA; PERMAFROST

Pg. 102:  PERMANENT FUND; PEROK--ALso called "piroshki" and "perogue"; a fish pie or turnover made with rice...; PERSONAL USE; PETERSBURG; PET FOUR

Pg. 103:  PINKS; PIONEER; PIPELINE; PLACER MINING

(Perhaps to be continued later--ed.)



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