Hi all, I'm a journalist researching our growing data problem and I've produced this documentary on the Arctic World Archive and PiqlFilm, a company which claims it can store the world's most precious data for thousands of years.
We travelled to Svalbard in the Arctic Circle to find the Archive deep underground in a mine - the same mine as the Svalbard Seed Vault - where its keepers say the data is safe from floods, fire, and even nuclear war.
Museums, companies and archives around the world have deposited films, books, software, artwork and more in the archive, hoping it'll be kept safe for future generations. The company's scientists warned us our reliance on fragile digital data means the 21st century could become 'the lost century' in history, if we're not careful.
We had a lot of fun making this documentary and exploring the world of archiving, and I'd love to know this community's thoughts on the question: What kind of data deserves to live forever? What's worth saving from this century so historians of future civilizations can understand our way of life?