Miscellaneous
Wednesday, March 31 at 2:00 pm Speaking in Maine takes us back to the recent Camden Conference focusing on The Geopolitics of the Arctic. The second episode of our three part series features Frances Ulmer on Winners and Losers in the 21st Century Arctic ; Ulf Sverdrup on A Frozen Region Goes Dynamic ; and Gail Whiteman on What Happens in the Arctic Doesn't Stay There: The Arctic as a Barometer of Global Risk. Frances Ulmer Chair, United States Arctic Research Commission Former Lt. Governor of Alaska, Mayor of Juneau, and Chancellor, University of Alaska Anchorage Frances Ulmer is Chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, appointed by President Obama. He had also appointed her to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. Now a Senior Fellow at the Arctic Initiative in the Institute of Politics at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Ms. Ulmer’s research interests include energy, environmental policy, natural resource management and