From Clive Cussler's Arctic Drift

Reading Clive Cussler's novel, Arctic Drift, introduced me to words and terms unique to the author's genre. The words I noted down include the following:

Coho salmon: A small Pacific salmon.

Starboard is a nautical term that refers to the right side of a vessel as perceived by a person on board a vessel and facing the bow (front). The equivalent for the left-hand side is port. The starboard side of a vessel is indicated with a green navigation light at night.

Fathometer is an instrument to determe the depth of water or a submerged object by means of ultrasound waves.

Throttle is a valve to regulate flow of a fluid, and thus the power or speed of an engine.

Anchor. For a ship, it is an object, often made out of metal, used to attach a ship to the bottom of a body of water at a specific point.

Plimsoll line is the marking that shows how much of a ship is under or above water.

Gangplank is a temporary footway between a ship and a dockside.

A bunkhouse is a building that historically was used to house working cowboys on ranches in North America.

An anorak or parka is a type of heavy jacket with a hood to protect the face from a combination of freezing temperatures and wind.

A track loader is an engineering vehicle consisting of a tracked chassis with a loader for digging and loading material.

Pinochle (sometimes pinocle, or penuchle), is a trick-taking game typically for two, three or four players and played with a 48 card deck.

pouilly-fume([poo-yee-fyoo-mey)-dry white wine from the Loire Valley wine-producing region of France.

Airag-mild beverage made of fermented mare's milk. It is one of main ingredients of the summer diet of Mongols.

Vichyssoise(vish-ee-swahz)-Cold soup made from a puree of the white part of leeks, potatoes, onions, chicken stock, cream and chives.

Risotto is a traditional Italian rice dish.

Mousse-sweetened dessert with whipped cream as a base.

References: Wikipedia, dictionary.com

PS: It was very interesting to search for some of terms in Google images. This list is incomplete.