Pin trading is an unofficial sport of the 2026 Arctic Winter Games. With the Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse bringing together approximately 2,000 athletes from eight different circumpolar regions, there are a lot of international friends to be made. “You see how they smile?” Stamenov said, after a young girl traded her Air North pin for an Arctic Winter Games pin from 2023, when they were held in Wood Buffalo, Alta. The Arctic Winter Games opened last Sunday and run until Saturday. Teams from Nunavut, Nunavik, Alaska, Yukon, the Northwest Territories, northern Alberta, Greenland and the Sápmi region of Scandinavia are competing.

Source: CBC News March 15, 2026 04:33 UTC