Thank you everyone for the suggestions. I went with the Streamlight Siege in D-cell. Just received it this week. I wanted to play with it before I posted. So far I'm very happy with it. I will not go into a break down here but it is sufficiently bright for it's size and appears to be plenty durable enough for my needs. I would have liked to have picked up the Alaskanite but doesn't seem to be available. I intend to swap out the bulb from old lantern with a LED to get some more mileage out of it.
Thanks again everyone for entertaining this inquiry. If anyone knows about the availability of the Alaskanite lantern let us know. It looks like a really good light.

norhumco