In the 1980 Arctic Winter Games, he won a silver medal in cross-country skiing for Team Alaska. “The kids are exactly the way I remember when I was in the games in 1980,” Timm said.

The Arctic Winter Games are a weeklong Olympics-style event held every two years for youth athletes, with 20 sports including snowshoe races, Dene Games, badminton, hockey and more.

The Arctic Winter Games were hatched in 1969 by Alaska Gov. Wally Hickel and commissioners from Canada’s Northwest Territories and Yukon Territory as a way to provide competition for residents ...

Tickets for the Fairbanks 2014 Arctic Winter Games are available for purchase online through Ticketmaster.com and at the AWG retail store, 330 Barnette Street, weekdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The Arctic Winter Games International Committee has $50,000 remaining from previous games in Fairbanks that will be donated to the host of the 2024 games, the borough said.

Members from the Canadian Antartic in Alberta and other territories, to Greenland, Finland, Swedan and Norway compete in Artic Winter Games. Ministers Pascale St-Onge and Dan Vandal welcome ...

The Arctic Winter Games, held March 6 to 11, are the Olympics of traditional Inuit sports. The Alaskan high kick is one of about a dozen indigenous games at the event.

A week of the Arctic Winter Games wrapped up Saturday in Wood Buffalo, Alta. Athletes, coaches and organizers delighted in the unique culture and contests of strength, skill and endurance.

FAIRBANKS — The Arctic Winter Games are returning to Fairbanks for the first time since 1988, and they are far different than the previous two times the sports and cultural ...

The Arctic Winter Games kick off this weekend. Our favorite events are the head pull and the sledge jump, which is sorta like hurdles with animal hides. 11 March 2008: Arctic Winter Games.

The Arctic Winter Games are returning to Fairbanks for the first time since 1988, and they are far different than the previous two times the sports and cultural celebration were held in the Golden ...

For many young athletes, it's been a long time coming: the first Arctic Winter Games to be held in five years. The weeklong event kicks off this weekend in Fort McMurray, Alta.