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The 2012 Arctic Winter Games was a winter multi-sport event which took place in Whitehorse, Yukon , Canada, between 4–10 March 2012.

The Arctic Winter Games is the world's largest multisport and cultural event for young people of the Arctic. The Games is an international biennial celebration of circumpolar sports and culture held for a week, each time with a different nation or region as the host. AWG celebrates sports, social interaction and culture. The Games contributes to creating an awareness on cultural diversity, and develops athletes to participate in the competitions with the focus on fair play. The Games binds the Arctic countries together and includes traditional games such as Arctic sports and Dené games.

Around 1,500 athletes from nine teams participated in the games.[1]

Organization

The 2012 Arctic Winter Games were set in Whitehorse, Yukon. This marked this the sixth times the games were hosted by Whitehorse. The general manager of the games were Chris Milner, an athlete in the 1990 Arctic Winter Games.[2]

Marketing

2012's mascot was a Husky dog named 'Borealis'. The dog sports a Whitehorse Arctic Winter Games 2012 shirt and, as is common in Huskies, has different coloured eyes (known as heterochromia).[3]

Participants

Nine contingents participated in the 2012 Arctic Winter Games. The number of athletes sent by each contingent is shown in parentheses in the list below.[1][4]

Venues

The 2012 games were held at various sports venues, schools and facilities in Whitehorse.

Sports venues

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Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre
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Indigenous art outside the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre

The following venues hosted sports events during the games. All locations were located within Whitehorse.[5]

Venue Events
CGC-ATCO Ice Figure skating, ice hockey, short track speed skating
CGC-Fieldhouse Indoor soccer
CGC-Flexihall Volleyball
Curling Club Curling
F.H. Collins Secondary School Basketball
Grey Mountain Biathlon, snowshoe biathlon
Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre Dene games, various cultural events, workshops
Mount Lorne Dog mushing
Mount McIntyre Cross country skiing
Mount Sima Alpine skiing, snowboarding
Porter Creek Secondary School Badminton
Selkirk School Table tennis
Shipyards Park Snowshoeing
Takhini Arena Ice hockey
Vanier Secondary School Arctic sports, gymnastics
Yukon College Wrestling

Cultural venues

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The Old Fire Hall, part of the Yukon Arts Centre

The following venues hosted cultural events during the games. All locations were located within Whitehorse.[5]

Venue Events
Arts Underground Various events, workshops
Baked Café Various events
Canada Games Centre Opening ceremony, closing ceremony
Centre de la francophonie Various events
CGC & ATCO Stage Various events
First Ave & Main St, CGC Workshops
Yukon Arts Centre Various events, workshops

Medal tally

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The Games

Sports

264 events in 20 sport disciplines were scheduled in the 2012 Arctic Winter Games program. Freestyle skiing was removed from the program, after its debut appearance at the 2010 Arctic Winter Games. 4 skiing sports were held, with alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing and snowboarding. 2 snowshoe events were held, with snowshoe biathlon and snowshoeing. 2 racquet sports were held, with badminton and table tennis. 2 skating events were held, those being figure skating and short track speed skating. Team sports held were basketball, indoor soccer, ice hockey, volleyball and curling. Traditional Inuit sports were also held, with Arctic sports, Dene games, dog mushing and wrestling, the latter also including events for traditional wrestling. Also held was gymnastics.[6]

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Calendar

 OC  Opening ceremony  ●  Cultural events  ●  Event competitions  1  Event finals  CC  Closing ceremony
March 3
Sun
4
Mon
5
Tue
6
Wed
7
Thu
8
Fri
9
Sat
10
Sun
Total
Ceremonies OC CC Шаблон:CEmpty
Cultural events Шаблон:CEmpty
Шаблон:GamesSport 4 4 5 13
Шаблон:GamesSport 5 8 8 5 9 35
Шаблон:GamesSport 10 10
Шаблон:GamesSport 2 2
Шаблон:GamesSport 4 4 4 2 14
Шаблон:GamesSport 6 6 6 6 24
Шаблон:GamesSport 2 2
Шаблон:GamesSport 4 4 2 6 8 24
Шаблон:GamesSport 2 2 2 6
Шаблон:GamesSport 4 8 1 13
Шаблон:GamesSport 1 5 6
Шаблон:GamesSport 1 2 3
Шаблон:GamesSport 5 5
Шаблон:GamesSport 4 4 4 8 20
Шаблон:GamesSport 4 4 4 8 20
Шаблон:GamesSport 4 4 4 2 14
Шаблон:GamesSport 4 4 6 14
Шаблон:GamesSport 4 4 4 12
Шаблон:GamesSport 2 2
Шаблон:GamesSport 1 12 12 25
Total events 0 0 40 49 49 54 53 19 264
March 3
Sun
4
Mon
5
Tue
6
Wed
7
Thu
8
Fri
9
Sat
10
Sun
Total

Culture

The 2012 Arctic Winter Games were the first to have a relay. Rather than passing a baton or torch, however, a song was relayed. The youth at the games passed on a song, was in effort to promoting heritage awareness and cultural diversity.[7]

Hodgson Trophy

The Hodgson trophy for fair play and team spirit is awarded at the end of every games. The trophy has been awarded since 1978 and named for Stuart Milton Hodgson, Commissioners of the Northwest Territories from 1967 to 1979. The 2012 Hodgson Trophy was awarded to Team Nunavut.[8]

References

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External links

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Шаблон:Arctic Winter Games Шаблон:International multi-sport events