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Arctic 'doomsday' vault seeks to protect world's most precious data
June 8, 2017
Deep inside an abandoned mine on the Arctic island of Svalbard, some 650 miles (1,046 km) from the North Pole, a mysterious new library has opened its doors.
It’s called the Arctic World Archive, and it has a critical mission: To protect the world’s historically and scientifically important data in the event of a future cataclysmic disaster. It’s open to submissions from around the globe, of anything from scientific journals to works of classical literature.
Set almost 500 feet (150 meters) below ground, the vault is protected from nuclear attack. Its data collections are kept offline to protect from possible corruption or hacking.
And the surrounding permafrost creates the ideal climate for long-term storage. Even if the power failed, the temperature inside will remain below freezing, enough to preserve the vault’s contents for decades, maybe centuries.
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