First event | 1970 in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada |
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Occur every | 2 years |
Last event | 2023 Arctic Winter Games held in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo |
Purpose | Sports for the Arctic |
President | John Flynn[1] |
Website | arcticwintergames.net |
The Arctic Winter Games are a biennial multi-sport and indigenous cultural event involving circumpolar peoples residing in communities or countries bordering the Arctic Ocean.