Alaska Glossary

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   Greetings.  It appears that I'm still in Anchorage, but that'll change in
a few minutes.
   Check out www.madeinalaska.org.  If you want me to bring something home,
like Moose Droppings or a Moose Mixer, tell me now.
   The State Library is FIVE MILES out of town!  I don't have time to go.
The Library of Congress microfilms newspapers from at least two of each
state's biggest cities.  Alaska wasn't a state in the 1800s, but I'll try to
do the work at the LOC, including researching  Menzies' Journals.
   LIFE'S A FISH AND THEN YOU FRY: AN ALASKA SEAFOOD COOKBOOK (2002) by Randy
Bayliss I'll get to later when I have time.
   HOW TO SPEAK ALASKAN (1993) is still sold here.  I bought it two weeks ago
on Amazon's Bookfinder or Bibliofind, and the shipping cost was almost as
much as the book.  And it didn't arrive in two weeks.

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MY FIRST POCKET GUIDE
ALASKA
by Carole Marsh
Gallopade International, www.thealaskaexperience.com
96 pages, paperback, $6.95
2001

Pg. 94:
      ALASKA GLOSSARY

bear paws:  stubby, rounded snowshoes
bunny boots:  white, insulated boots for below-zero temperatures
cabin fever:  what folks get when they've been in cold, damp, cramped
quarters too long!
Chilkat blankets:  beautiful ceremonial blankets worn by Tlingit Indians
Dyea, Glacier, Hyder:  boom towns, now ghost towns
fjords:  naroow sea inlet bordered by steep cliffs
kayak:  watertight Eskimo skin boat
masks:  ceremonial masks made and worn by Alaska's Eskimos, Aleuts, and
Indians
mukluks:  soft Eskimo boots made of animal skin and fur
muskeg:  grassy bog or swamp land
Outside:  where all other Americans live, also Lower 48
panhandle:  southeast Alaska
parka:  one-piece, hooded pullover coat made of caribou hide and wolf and
wolverine furs
sundog:  optical illusion, one or two colorful circles around the sun