Gregory Leptoukh attended NEESPI Regional Science Team Meeting devoted to the High Latitudes of the NEESPI domain, University of Helsinki, June 2-6, 2008, Helsinki, Finland. He chaired a session on Data availability and needs, and also presented a talk A Web-based Tool for Exploring Earth Science Data for NEESPI http://neespi.org/web-content/meetings/Helsinki_2008/Day_5_6_Leptoukh.pdf.