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Protecting Humanity's Cultural Legacy in the Arctic
Deep in the icy depths of Svalbard’s permafrost lies a unique vault designed to safeguard the most vital pieces of human culture and knowledge for eternity. Known as the Arctic World Archive (AWA), this cold storage facility shares its remote locale with the famous Global Seed Vault, both serving as insurance policies against global catastrophe. While the Seed Vault preserves biological diversity, the AWA is dedicated to conserving our collective human creations—art, literature, and crucially, digital code that shapes our modern world.