STORM REPORT
Chilling beauty
Images of Eastern Canada in a deep-freeze
Photos by Benoit Aquin

Struck powerless by the weather
The ice storm of the century exposed millions to the crushing weight of winter
By Eric Harris

TRANSPORTATION
Northern life line
Can an upstart American company keep the vital railway to Churchill open for business?
By Dan Lett with photos by Dawn Goss

PICTORIAL
Sandy shores
Ontario's Sandbanks Provincial Park before the summer visitors arrive
Photos by David Barbour with text by Al Purdy

NORTHERN WILDLIFE
Boom and bust
Suicidal lemmings are the stuff of myth, but their extreme population swings remain a mystery to scientists
By Bruce Thorson

Editor's notebook
Under a coat of crystal

Reverberations
Blasting the bowhead hunt, Dune etiquette, Not-so-barren lands, Lightning strikeout, Querying Casselman, Conserving straw, Canada is...

Geowatch
Late-blooming lampreys, Staying with Sable, Signature of cannibalism, Earthly neighbour, Cod brinkmanship

Our Home and Native Tongue
The lively language of Manitoba

Write to Know
Alphabetical railway

GeoMap (À la carte)
Ice storm overview

Reviews
Nova Scotia's illustrated history, Fraser River exploitation, Virtual field-tripping, David Phillips's weather insights, Canadian gazeteer, Gene world, Residential school aftermath

Imaginary landscape
Gaff Topsails by Patrick Kavanagh

Off the map
An idler's atlas

Directions
Podium: Canada's weather guru, On the move, The Challenge's challenges

Final frame
Twitching tadpoles