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Under the auspices of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) cosponsored a 4‐day workshop on the question of how to establish an Arctic environmental data system. The meeting was held in Boulder, Colo., March 21–24, 1988. Approximately 60 individuals from Canadian and U.S. governmental agencies and universities attended the workshop. The first part of the meeting was devoted to presentations describing various government and nongovernment Arctic data holdings and systems. This was followed by 2 days of intensive discussion in four subgroups devoted to the following topics: how to create an on‐line and hard copy Arctic environmental data directory identification of next steps which interested organizations can and should take to create an Arctic data system technological problems and solutions associated with the development of a data system identification of key Arctic environmental parameters which should be montiored for the purpose of studying global and Arctic mesoscale change