Barrow votes to change name to Utqiagvik

(Utqiagvik, the city formally know as Barrow, AK (File photo courtesy of Wikipedia)Utqiagvik. That’s the name that Barrow will now be identified as.
By a margin of six votes, residents of Barrow have voted to change the name of their city back to its Inupiaq name. City council member Qaiyaan Harcharek started the process this summer.
TOWNSEND: I realize that Inupiaq words may not have a direct translation into English, but tell us about the meaning behind the name of your city now.
HARCHAR