Photos: Competition underway in 2024 Arctic Winter Games More than 1,800 youth athletes from Alaska and seven areas of the circumpolar north are in Alaska this week for the Games.

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.

Alaska, with its home-team advantage, took home the most ulu medals. But the games' highest prize rewards team spirit, cooperation and fair play.

Now an Arctic Winter Games coach, he's a role model for young athletes in traditional sports – including Nick Hanson, an Iñupiaq from the village of Unalakleet on the Norton Sound of the Bering ...

The Arctic Winter Games is a biennial event celebrating the sports and culture of the people who live in the circumpolar north. Delegations from Alaska, northern Canada, Greenland and northern ...

The Arctic Winter Games’ mission is to promote athletic competition, culture and reconciliation. One of the Games’ highlights will be the Cultural Gala featuring young northern performers ...

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.

5 years in the making, the 2023 Arctic Winter Games were well worth the wait Not since 2018 had the Arctic Winter Games taken place; the pandemic like so many other events pushing back these Games.

The games feature both traditional Indigenous events and winter sports, both of which the Juneau athletes participated in. Alaska will host the 2024 Arctic Winter Games.

Krista Kitekudlak, who's competing in Arctic Sports at the Arctic Winter Games, said she's already achieved her objective. "Being here is my goal, making my family proud," said the 15-year-old ...

The Arctic Winter Games is an event that hosts over 2,000 coaches, players and spectators. Almost as many volunteers are lending a hand to make it happen. Close to 2,000 people are volunteering ...

Today, the Arctic Winter Games, known as "the Olympics of the North", are held every two years to carry on those customs.