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A Melancholy Portrait of Adak Island

American photographer Ben Huff’s book Atomic Island paints a melancholy portrait of Adak Island, once a US Army military outpost.

Ships kulluk © Ben Huff

Bombing Dutch © Ben Huff

Located in the North Pacific Ocean, Adak Island belongs to the Aleutian archipelago which encloses the Bering Sea. Once uninhabited, the island served as a US naval base during World War I...

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