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Alaska Vocabulary

By Brandon Edward

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Here are twenty new terms that you will invariably have to learn to keep from sounding like an outsider in Alaska.  Alaska Vocabulary:

Cabin:  Realistically this could mean anything from a proper log cabin to a plywood shack in the woods

Wet Cabin:  A cabin log or otherwise with running water (Uncommon in the Fairbanks area)

Dry Cabin:  A cabin log or other without running water (Common in the Fairbanks area)

Bunny Boots:  US army issued boots that can actually keep your feet warm when it’s -40

Ice Fog:  Ice particles suspended in the air that sparkle on sunny days

ALCAN:  The Alaska Highway

Breakup:  When the ice melts and the rivers flow again

Inversion: A strange phenomenon when it gets so cold that the higher elevations are actually warmer

Ula:  A fan shaped knife

Blizacks:  The ultimate snow tire

Xtratuffs:  Also know as Alaskan Sneakers they are rubber boots that keep your feet dry, very common in the Southeast

Permafrost:  The part of the ground that is permanently frozen, usually two to five feet, makes builders unhappy and scientists giddy

Bush:  Anywhere without road, most of Alaska

Bush Pilot:  Flies airplanes in the bush

Lower 48:  The rest of the country

Mukluks:  Seal or reindeer skinned boots

Chum:  Dog Salmon

Midnight Sun:   In summer, when the sun shines at midnight

Sourdough:   A person having made it through an Alaskan Winter or an old timer who is “sour” on the North Country without the “dough” to get out

Permanent Fund:  Getting paid yearly to live in Alaska

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