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Arctic World Archive

Invitation – Deposit June 29th 2023

We welcome you to deposit your most valuable data and contribute to safeguard our world memory \ AWA is for cultural heritage,...

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Arctic World Archive

Amazing new treasures in AWA

The third deposit in AWA this year took place on September 15th, with representatives from thirteen depositing organizations coming from...

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Digital Svalbard money to be stored for eternity in the Arctic World Archive

Svalbard has a unique history of producing local money. Throughout much of the 20th century, American, British, Norwegian, Soviet and...

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Want to join a deposit on Svalbard?

To visit Svalbard is on many people's bucket list, and we recommend everyone who stores their precious memories in AWA to participate in a deposit ceremony.

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Automatic metadata generation in the AWA web application