Former Alaska Lieutenant Governor Fran Ulmer. Northern Gas Pipelines stock photo by Dave Harbour White House: No nation an island on Arctic science, Cabinet members and high-ranking science advisors from 25 governments will convene on the White House tomorrow to discuss the Arctic.   ...   Former Alaska Lt. Gov. Fran Ulmer, now chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, says countries well beyond the Arctic are sending science ministers to the conference. We admire Ak-Headlamp's creative gathering of information valuable to our readers, like today's posting below. [...]