Maybe you got the exact toy you wanted for your birthday and you were really happy. Or your friend is sick and you feel sad. Or your little brother messed up your room, so you're really angry! Where do those feelings come from? Your brain, of course. Your brain has a little bunch of cells on each side called the amygdala (say: uh-MIG-duh-luh).
Kodiak Island. Kodiak Island (Alutiiq: Qikertaq, Russian: ÐºÐ°Ð´ÑÑÐºÑ) is a large island on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, separated from the Alaska mainland by the Shelikof Strait.
Adak is: 1  2,700 miles from the north pole. 2  2,700 miles from Davis, California where I live. 3  1,300 miles from Anchorage, the biggest city in Alaska. 4  870 miles from the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia.