Deep inside an Arctic mountain, in one of the world's northernmost settlements, is a vault that is designed to protect the world's data from a global apocalypse. 

The Arctic World Archive was partly inspired by the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, and sits just down the road from it, hundreds of meters inside an abandoned coal mine. 

Founder Rune Bjerkestrand tells RAZOR's Reya El-Salahi that he chose the mine because its deep, dark conditions ensured the AWA would only need minimal electricity to keep cool in the permafrost. 

The archive has a self-described mission of "protecting the world's memory", preserving digital copies of cultural treasures from all over the world, including rare languages, art works and blueprints of architectural wonders like the Taj Mahal. 

It now boasts deposits from dozens of countries, including China, Poland, the U.S. and Brazil, as well as major institutions like the Vatican, the European Space Agency, UNICEF and GitHub. 

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The vault also allows deposits from anybody who wants to preserve their personal data, as long as the content doesn't break Norwegian and international law. 

Operations manager Simen Fjled-Olsen explains how the data is recorded on unique film reels, re-purposing technology that was initially used to preserve Hollywood and Bollywood blockbusters. 

And co-founder Katrine Loen talks about transforming the Arctic World Archive into a foundation, potentially opening it up to deposits to even more people around the world.