1980
The Arctic Winter Games moved back to Whitehorse, Yukon, where the organization for the 1980 Games set the standard for future events incorporating both sport and cultural participants. Three contingents with 900 participants participated in 15 sports including, badminton, basketball, cross country skiing, curling, figure skating, hockey, indoor soccer, Inuit Games, judo, shooting, snowshoe biathlon, snowshoeing, table tennis, volleyball and wrestling. Pin Trading also quickly becoming a ‘featured additional sport’ at the Arctic Winter Games.
