2012 Arctic Winter Games
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| Location | Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada |
| Start date | March 4, 2012 |
| End date | March 10, 2012 |
| Competitors | over 2000. |
| Teams | 9 |
The 2012 Arctic Winter Games took place in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada from the 4th to the 10th of March 2012.[1]
The Arctic Winter Games is an international biannual celebration of circumpolar sports and culture, held in Canada, Alaska or Greenland.
Over 2,000 athletes from nine teams (Alaska, Alberta North, Yukon, Yamal-Nenets, Northwest Territories, Greenland, Nunavik Québec, Nunavut and Sápmi) participated in the games.[2]
Sports included alpine skiing, arctic sports, badminton, basketball, biathlon, curling, dene games, dog mushing, figure skating, freestyle skiing, gymnastics, hockey, indoor soccer, snowboarding, snowshoeing, speed skating, table tennis, volleyball and wrestling.[3]
The 2012 Arctic Winter Games was 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.
2012's mascot is 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).
Sports
19 sports were present. Sports are listed with the number of events that took place.[4]
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Medal tally
| Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Overall |
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 Alaska |
61 | 67 | 62 | 190 |
 Yamal-Nenets |
50 | 34 | 17 | 101 |
 Yukon |
45 | 47 | 29 | 121 |
 Alberta North |
40 | 37 | 27 | 104 |
 Northwest Territories |
32 | 29 | 54 | 115 |
 Greenland |
18 | 15 | 17 | 50 |
 Nunavik Québec |
10 | 14 | 12 | 36 |
 Nunavut |
5 | 16 | 28 | 49 |
 Sápmi |
4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
Hodgson Trophy
The Hodgson trophy for fair play and team spirit is awarded at the end of every games. The 2012 Hodgson Trophy was awarded to Team Nunavut.
The trophy has been awarded since 1978 and named for Stuart Milton Hodgson, Commissioners of the Northwest Territories from 1967 to 1979.
Venues
Venues were mostly pre-existing and all located within Whitehorse:
- Takhini Arena - multi-purpose arena (ice hockey)
- Canada Games Centre, Whitehorse - multi-use community sport, recreation and wellness facility
- Porter Creek Secondary School
- Mount McIntyre Recreation Centre
- Shipyards Park - located along Yukon River
- Grey Mountain
- Mount Sima Alpine Adventure Park
- Selkirk Elementary School
- Yukon College
- Vanier Catholic Secondary
- Kwanlin Dun First Nations Cultural Centre - heritage and cultural centre
- F.H. Collins Secondary School
- Mount Lorne Community Centre
- Polarettes Gymnastics Centre - volunteer and non-profit facility