AWA Invitation - Deposit February 27th 2026

The Arctic World Archive Foundation

Invitation to deposit your most valuable data Svalbard, Thursday, February 26th 2026

Together, we preserve humanity’s knowledge and creativity - to build peace and inspire generations

AWA is for cultural heritage, history, art, music, valuable information and memories in digital form - that is of importance for the world, regions, nations, institutions, organisations and corporations as well as people.

Thursday February 26th 2026, AWA will open its doors for another depositing ceremony.

Deposit Ceremony We will be hosting an intimate ceremony at the vault, only a short drive from Longyearbyen, where we invite all depositors to a celebratory dinner the same evening. You can also try out the local sauna and have a bath in the Arctic ocean or take a local tour.

AWA is home to manuscripts from the Vatican Library, official documents, museum masterpieces, scientific breakthroughs, literature, music, digital art, priceless, irreplaceable data and the writings of Nobel laureates. Surrounded by majestic mountains and gigantic glaciers on the Arctic island of Svalbard, Norway, the archive contains and can maintain man’s history and accomplishments on earth for over 2000 years with guaranteed future accessibility.

To see the full overview of organisations already storing their data in AWA, please click here . Our experience tells us that every organisation has specific requirements for their long-term data storage. Book time with us today to discuss your needs.

The Arctic World Archive is a growing digital repository of world memory. Memories stored here will survive into the distant future, providing a safe copy for this generation and authentic history for the next.

Read more about the Arctic World Archive here.

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January 9th

Latest registration for the deposit, book your flight and hotel

Thursday, February 26th

AWA deposit ceremony & deposit dinner

January 24th

Your data is being transferred to piqlFilm

January 15th

Deadline for upload of your data on the AWA portal

February 10th

Wednesday, February 25th

Your data will be securely shipped to Svalbard and AWA

Meet & Greet in Longyearbyen

Timeline

We recommend that you book your flights and hotel rooms as soon as possible since there are limited flights and hotel rooms.

T he airlines SAS and Norwegian both fly to Longyearbyen, Svalbard from Oslo and to take part in the AWA deposit ceremony, you must arrive latest on Wednesday 25th and return earliest on Friday 27th, unless you would like to stay for the weekend in the beautiful arctic wilderness. We recommend you to book your room at Funken Lodge or you can check availability for other hotels in Longyearbyen at hotels.com. For more information and registration send an e-mail to info@arcticworldarchive.org. We will send you a payment link for the attendance fee.

Deposit programme: February 25th 12.00 - Deposit at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. 18.00 - Meet & greet

9.00 - Taxi pick-up outside hotel 9.30 - Deposit ceremony in AWA 13.00 -Svalbad sauna & swimming in the Arctic Ocean or a guided tour in Longyearbyen 20.00 - Celebratory dinner Attendance fee for activities € 600 per person

February 26th