Also known as sablefish.
Benny Benson
Lived 1913-1972 At the age of 13, in 1927, he designed the Alaska Flag. A long time resident of Kodiak, originally from Chignik, he grew up in Seward at the Jesse Lee Home orphanage. The street Kodiak College is on, and one of its buildings, are named after him.
Baranof / Baranov
Refers to Russian fur trader Alexander Baranov (1746-1819), the first governor of Russian Alaska (1799-1818). There are two ways to spell and two ways to pronounce it, and both are correct, depending on the context. To further confuse things, pronunciation is independent of spelling; it is location-based. b’RON-off – Used […]
banya
bahn-YA A Russian word for steam bath or sauna. The Alutiiq had a steam bath tradition predating Russian contact. Large rocks are heated atop a wood stove and water is splashed on them producing steam.
APRN
Acceptable on first reference for Alaska Public Radio Network.
Alutiiq
ah-LOO-tik. The indigenous people of the Kodiak Island Archipelago, parts of the Alaska and Kenai peninsulas, and parts of Prince William Sound. It is also their language. The people are also known as Sugpiaq (soogk-bee’auk). They are not to be confused with the Aleut people, who live in the Aleutian […]
Alaska Marine Highway System
The division in the Alaska Department of Transportation that operates the Alaska State Ferries. All ferries are named for Alaska glaciers. The two that call on Kodiak are the 296-foot MV Tustumena (TUSS-too-mean-ah, Tusty is acceptable on second reference) and the 382-foot MV Kennicott. They are the only two ocean-going […]
The Alaska Fisheries Report
A weekly 14-minute program produced by KMXT since 1986. Not to be confused with the daily two-and-a-half- minute program “Fish Radio,” produced by Laine Welch (to confuse things, she is of Kodiak and she once hosted the AFR). Both shows are aired on various stations statewide. KMXT’s only relationship to […]
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Fish and game on second reference. Manages Alaska’s wildlife resources, including commercial fishing in state waters. Also manages some federal fisheries that are held coincidentally, know as parallel fisheries.
Alaska Aerospace Corporation
Formerly the Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation. AAC acceptable on second reference. It operates the state-owned Kodiak Launch Complex at Narrow Cape in Pasagshak. Headquarters in Anchorage. See also Kodiak Launch Complex.