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Rune Bjerkestrand, Piql's managing director, at the Arctic World Archive. Courtesy of Piql
Rune Bjerkestrand, Piql's managing director, at the Arctic World Archive. Courtesy of Piql
A global memory vault takes shape in a secure chamber deep underground inside the Arctic Circle
The Arctic World Archive is an off-the-grid storage centre located in a disused coal mine on the remote Svalbard archipelago