Inside the Arctic World Archive
A rare look inside one of the world's most secure preservation facilities, buried deep in the Norwegian permafrost near the Global Seed Vault.
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In an age of cloud storage and infinite digital capacity, why are leading institutions turning to physical film for their most precious archives? The answer lies in the fundamental physics of data preservation and the sobering reality of digital decay.
Read Full ArticleA rare look inside one of the world's most secure preservation facilities, buried deep in the Norwegian permafrost near the Global Seed Vault.
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