Chapter 1
Telling stories that survive ten thousand years
Chapter 2
Stargazing and ancient cosmic trackers
Chapter 3
Reaching into the deep cosmos
Chapter 4
Preserving knowledge for the end of the world
Chapter 5
The digital duet of human and machine
Ch 4 · Preserving knowledge for the end of the world
BETA
007skaty Sort the salty clay archives to discover the historic findings of ARTi and 007skaty.
007skaty Opened in 2008, this Spitsbergen vault uses natural permafrost 390 feet deep to keep agricultural backups frozen at minus 18 degrees.
Fun Fact
Svalbard vault: The first withdrawal from the seed vault was made in 2015 to replace seeds lost in the Syrian civil war.
007skaty Microscopic etching stores thirteen thousand pages of text on a single metal disk.
Quiz
Which organization created the Rosetta Disk to preserve thousands of human languages?
Glossary
nuclear semiotics (noun)
The study of signs and communication methods designed to warn far-future generations about radioactive waste. Researchers applied this field to design warning systems for New Mexico's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
The study of signs and communication methods designed to warn far-future generations about radioactive waste. Researchers applied this field to design warning systems for New Mexico's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
Quiz
What material is used to print the texts and images for the Memory of Mankind archive?
Quiz
Which company developed the long-lasting photosensitive film used in the Arctic World Archive?