ADAK — This Aleutian island is 1,200 miles from Anchorage, and it might as well be in a different country, but a mileage ticket on Alaska Airlines makes a trip affordable. There’s more than enough to explore in the island’s abandoned military infrastructure — which once housed 6,000 troops — and thousands of acres of tundra to keep visitors entertained for a long weekend.
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