U. S. NAVAL STATION
ADAK, ALASKA
Lat. 51° 51* 42" North
Long. 176° 39' 05" West
Elevation of Base 19 Feet
above Sea level. Elevation
of Mt. Moffett 3876 Feet.
Island of Adak 20 by 30 Miles.
Annual rainfall 47inches. Max.
recorded wind 120 miles per
hour. Mean temperature 40°.
Mean Sea temperature 43°.
DISTANCE FROM ADAK
381 miles to Attu
850 miles to PertropavlovskiT
895 miles to Kodiak
1032 miles to Anchorage
1231 miles to Pt. Barrow
2029 miles to Pearl Harbor
2055 miles to Seattle
2075 miles to Tokyo
3924 miles to Washington, D.C
4093 miles to Moscow
THE ADAK TOTEM
' This Totem is the story of Adak.
The bottom figure is a monster
\ from prehistoric times when the
Aleutians probably were a land
i bridge to Asia. The Walrus symbo
ls lizes the Sea life from which the
> Aleuts obtained food, clothing and
tools. The two headed Emperor
gopse represents the era when Im
perial Russia ruled and explor
ited Alaska. The Blue fox is char
-^ acteristic of the time
{ .Jf when only hunters and fish
ermen visited the island.
'Next is Williwaw. The
wind devil whose actions has pla
~ gue every inhabitant. The air
\ plane represent the Armed Forces
/ on Adak today.
Totem presented to the Naval
\ Station by the personnel of con
J tract No. 13913 Sept. 8, 1951.