Former reality TV star Jessie Holmes repeats as champion of Iditarod sled dog race
Former reality TV star Jessie Holmes cruised to a repeat victory in the Iditarod, the roughly 1,000-mile (1,609-km) sled dog
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Meet the Nunavut family who competes in Arctic Sports together
Naja Pearce knows all too well what it is like to train – and compete – along with her sister.
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This Yukon curling team hopes to inspire young girls to join the sport
Two years ago, Yukon curler Claire Cameron learned she might have the opportunity to compete in the 2026 Arctic Winter
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How polar geopolitics are creeping into the Arctic Winter Games
Athletes might be the stars of the show, but the Arctic Winter Games can’t escape politics. For example, the games
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Arctic Winter Games expected to cost around $9.5M
The Arctic Winter Games, scheduled to begin in Whitehorse on Sunday, are estimated to cost $9.5 million — and organizers
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Pool at Whitehorse’s Canada Games Centre to close for 10 weeks
The pool at Whitehorse’s Canada Games Centre typically closes for a few weeks every summer, for routine maintenance. But this
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Racers dropping out of gruelling Yukon Arctic Ultra, many with frostbite
More than half the 37 walkers, skiers and bikers who started the 600-km backcountry race have now scratched It’s billed
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‘We have to be realistic,’ says Canadian North about new baggage fees
Airline says customers check an average of 1.4 bags per flight Canadian North says its new baggage fees are about
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N.W.T. golf team ready to tee-off at North American Indigenous Games
‘It’s going to be some of the best memories you will have for the rest of your life’ Take it
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Ultra-cyclist rides across entire Arctic to warn of climate change
As the Arctic warms three times faster than the rest of the world, a cyclist is travelling across the entire
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Yukon Arctic Ultra endurance race back on track this year in northwestern Canada
One of the world’s coldest and toughest ultra endurance races is back on this year after being cancelled in 2021
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Iceland relaxes some COVID-19 restrictions as downward infection trend holds
With domestic COVID-19 infections continuing on the downturn, Iceland started relaxing some public health restrictions on Wednesday. “We are in
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Alaska borough plans to bid to host 2024 Arctic Winter Games
The state has hosted the games six times, most recently in 2014 Alaska’s Matanuska-Susitna Borough plans to submit a bid
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Dogsled race in arctic Norway cancelled over COVID-19 fears
Europe’s longest dogsled race was supposed to mark its 40th anniversary, but the coronavirus pandemic forced the event to be
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Iceland tightens up COVID-19 rules and increases social distancing rule to two metres across the country
Iceland announced more stringent COVID-19 regulations on Monday, which include increasing social distancing between people from one metre to two.
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