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Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games
Official logo of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The logo is an interpretation of an inukshuk, a traditional Inuit stone sculpture.
Snow was brought onto some Vancouver 2010 skiing and snowboarding courses because the region experienced its warmest January since record-keeping began in 1937. This unseasonably warm weather resulted in snow cover that was far below the required Olympic standard, necessitating the transport of additional snow to fill the affected courses to ensure the events could proceed.1