23 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About Alaska – Part 2

In 2016, residents of Barrow, Alaska voted to change the name of the city back to its original Inupiaq name, Utqiaġvik.

The town Chicken, Alaska was supposed to be named ‘Ptarmigan’ but the locals couldn’t agree on the spelling so settled on ‘Chicken’ to save themselves the embarrassment if it was spelled wrong.

There is a city called North Pole in Alaska. The city is known for having year-round Christmas decorations.