Goodbye, Barrow, Alaska. Hello, Utqiagvik - Smithsonian

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Goodbye, Barrow, Alaska. Hello, Utqiagvik
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Yesterday, Barrow, Alaska, was wiped off the map (not literally, though it has been called "ground zero" for climate change). On December 1, the town of approximately 4,300 people officially changed its name to Utqiagvik, the village's traditional ...
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