laska is the Great Land and, let no one forget, the Great Water too. Off the state’s shores, the briny deep hides such wonders as the world’s largest canyon (by area), Bering Canyon just north of Unalaska, and the deepest, Zhemchug Canyon farther northwest, just this side of the maritime boundary with Russia.

In Southeast, another underwater wonder: coastal caves where Ice Age people may have lived. An expedition last summer scanned the area to identify archaeological sites, and this research inspired artist Emily Longbrake’s design of this month’s cover.

Mixing science with whimsy, Longbrake also patterned her design after illustrator Ed Emberley’s Caldecott Medal-winning works and the Where’s Waldo series by Martin Hanford. Packed with detail, such images dare viewers to scrutinize every square inch. In that vein, Longbrake populated a private fantasy world, or “paracosm” as she calls it, with puckish, offbeat examples of the Best of Alaska Business at work.

Longbrake says, “Alaskans seem to thrive in some really challenging environments. Who says you can’t have an underwater food truck?”

Play along and spot the Best of Alaska Business categories. Here are some hints.