Team NWT 2016 Arctic Winter Games uniforms get fur-lined hoods

Fur harvested by N.W.T. trappers will keep members of Team NWTsafe from Greenlandic windchills at this year'sArctic Winter Games in Nuuk.

The team'sparkas, unveiled in Yellowknife on Monday, sport a fur-lined hood made from pelts from the Government of the Northwest Territories' Genuine Mackenzie Valley Fur program.

Doug Rentmeister,Team NWT's Chef de Mission, said the wild fur providesa linkto the cultural and economic roots of theterritory.

"Team NWTis proud to carry in its uniform this element of the aboriginal traditions and practices that are the foundation of ourNorthern identity," he said.

The jackets themselves are grey and green,and the pants are greeninspired by the aurora borealis. Athletes will also wear black tuques.

More than 300athletes from Team NWT will head to Greenland and Iqaluit for the gamesMarch 6-11.