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Arctic source code vault

World’s most essential open-source code to be stored in Arctic vault

31 March 2020

Inside a mountain in the Arctic, Microsoft is building a backup of open-source software that it says will keep the code safe for 1000 years
icebreaker

A cracking idea: The radical way to open up frozen seas

7 March 2018

Arctic routes are getting busier and some ships get trapped in the ice. Rather than smash them out with brute force, there is a more elegant way to free them

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