The BBC is to promote its Winter Olympics coverage with an animated clip featuring an Inuit hero on a mission, after the success of the monkey cartoon that backed the broadcast of the Beijing Olympics. The 40-second clip will break tonight on BBC1, as the corporation starts promoting its forthcoming coverage of the Winter Olympics, which begin in Vancouver on 12 February.

BBC Sport will be providing comprehensive coverage of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games which will run from the 12 February to 28 February, including the Opening and Closing ceremonies. As Britain’s Winter Olympic and Winter Paralympic broadcaster, coverage will be available on TV (including HD), radio, online, BBC red button, mobile and BBC iPlayer and the BBC is set to provide more coverage than ever before.

The 2010 Vancouver Olympics will represent the 14th Winter Olympic Games broadcast by the BBC, a sequence that has run unbroken since the 1960 Games in Squaw Valley, California, USA. Viewers will be able to access live coverage, the latest news updates and any of those missed magical moments, regardless of the time of day and where they are, through the BBC’s extensive TV, radio, online, red button, mobile and BBC iPlayer services.

Ski Sunday returns for another winter season as Graham Bell and Ed Leigh host coverage of the Men’s Super Giant Slalom from the French resort of Val D’Isere. Last year’s overall World Cup champion Aksel Lund-Svindal of Norway will be battling it out for the title with American legend Bode Miller and Didier Cuche of Switzerland — already a winner on the tour this year. It will be a busy year for the world’s top racers as they gear up for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver next February.