The inside story
Women on top of the world, Service with a smile, Capital performance, Cover appeal, Tree of life

Editor’s notebook
I wish I had a river I could skate away on

Contributors
Meet our writers and photographers

Reverberations
Life of the mine, Museum revisited, Nemaska scattered

Discovery
Sweet city music, Geography videography, Mood music, Drum nation, Nature's amphitheatre, Dune tunes, Bow growers, The band plays on and on

Explorer
The Dawson City Music Festival blends small-town charm with big-time talent for a party under the midnight sun
By Margo Pfeiff
Discover more at Explorer Online!

À la carte
Mapping your brain on music
By Steven Fick and Elizabeth Shilts

Tunescapes
Songwriters reflect on geography and music

CG playlist
Readers and editors band together to list the most memorable landscape lyrics of the past half century

SoundSources
Hear the music mentioned in this issue of Canadian Geographic

On the horizon
Science on ice

Mosaic
Martial artistry
Photography by Thomas Fricke