The 1976 Arctic Winter Games were held in Schefferville, Northern Quebec just four years after the contingent first participated in the AWG. Four contingents, Alaska, Northwest Territories, Northern Quebec and Yukon participated in 13 sports including, badminton, basketball, cross country skiing, curling, figure skating, hockey, Inuit Games, judo, shooting, snowshoeing, table tennis, volleyball and wrestling.
Nuuk, Greenland and Iqaluit, Nunavut hosted the first split community, split country Games
Yellowknife, NWT brought together the circumpolar north for this edition of the games.
The eighteenth Arctic Winter Games was held in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Northern Alberta.
Alaska hosted the circumpolar competitors for this edition of the Arctic Winter Games.
Alaska brought great awareness and much promotion to this edition of the Arctic Winter Games.
