Long-term data storage enters a new epoch
Buried deep in a mountain at the edge of civilization there lies what may end up being humanity’s last message.
To get there we traveled over permafrost and up a steep passage, past signs warning of polar bears ahead. Then we descended into the dark mines, our headlamps illuminating falling ice crystals disturbed by our presence, bathing us in glittering and ephemeral showers.
It’s not clear how long we traveled down the shaft, time travels differently underground. Here in this Svalbard mountain, it is measured in eons, not hours…
