Hockey night in the North ended with a golden moment, when Nunavut's male hockey team captured the territory's first gold in hockey at the Arctic Winter Games.

Highlights of various Arctic Sports and Dene Games played on Day 6 at the Arctic Winter Games in Fort McMurray, Alta., on Friday.

A week of the Arctic Winter Games wrapped up Saturday in Wood Buffalo, Alta. Athletes, coaches and organizers delighted in the unique culture and contests of strength, skill and endurance.

Pin trading is the unofficial sport of the Arctic Winter Games. This year, some pins mean more than others.

Its not easy being a hockey player in Pangnirtung, a community of fewer than 1,500 on Baffin Island, but Jordyn Machmer is showing what family, and community, support can do for young athletes with goals.

Highlights of various Arctic Sports and Dene Games played on Day 5 at the Arctic Winter Games in Fort McMurray, Alta., on Thursday.

On Tuesday, representatives from each team at the Arctic Winter Games video-chatted with Prince William. The Prince of Wales asked them about the sports they're involved with and questioned them about the experience of being at the Games.

Chris Stipdonk, a veteran of knuckle hop, made it 188 feet on Wednesday 21 and a half feet farther than the next competitor seizing gold. He fell just shy of the 191 feet he needed to break the Arctic Winter Games record.

Highlights from Day 4 of the Arctic Winter Games in Wood Buffalo, Alta., include athletes taking part in snowshoe events, hand games and knuckle hop.

Every athlete on the Team Yukon snowshoe team won a medal this week. Most relied on family-made footwear.

As athletes and participants at the Arctic Winter Games in Wood Buffalo, Alta., square off against each other in competitions, they're also finding friends and learning about the cultures of other teams.

Team captain Tanaka Muwirimi's hero his dad was in the stands Tuesday as the N.W.T.'s U16 male futsal team won 2-0 against Alaska and 13-2 against Nunavut.

Olympic snowboarder Liam Gill says hearing that he helped inspire a 12-year-old snowboarder from Fort Smith, N.W.T., brightened his day. Storm Cabell-White has picked up two gold ulus at the Arctic Winter Games so far.

It's Day 3 of the Arctic Winter Games, which features young athletes from the Canadian territories, Nunavik-Quebec and Alberta North, as well as others from Alaska, Greenland and Indigenous Sapmi people of Norway, Sweden and Finland.

When N.W.T. right winger Bradley Bartlett arrived in Wood Buffalo for the Arctic Winter Games, he discovered something was missing.

Memorable moments from Day 2 of the Arctic Winter Games the circumpolar world's premier sporting and cultural event featuring young athletes from the Canadian territories, Nunavik-Quebec and Alberta North, as well as others from Alaska, Greenland, and Indigenous Sapmi people of Norway, Sweden and Finland.

The Arctic Winter Games is shaping up to be a family affair for those competing, volunteering and watching."Being here is my goal, making my family proud," says Krista Kitekudlak.

Black night skies spread above brightly lit arches and crowds of spectators on Sunday night as the teams competing in this year's Arctic Winter Games got their official welcome at the opening ceremony.

Athletes from the circumpolar world, including those from Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik in northern Quebec and Alberta North, gather in Wood Buffalo, Alta., for the Arctic Winter Games, which kicked off Sunday with the opening ceremony.