Permafrost And Permaculture In Svalbard

In Longyearbyen, one of the northernmost settlements in the world on the Norwegian arctic archipelago of Svalbard, life offers unique challenges and benefits for its inhabitants. We document a new vault for digital data storage and a way to invest in sustainable farming in the deep north.

Producer, camera, editor • 2017

Benjamin Vidmar is the founder of Polar Permaculture and he's trying to do the impossible: grow vegetables in the harsh landscape of Svalbard, a group of Norwegian islands in the Arctic Ocean. " Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC " Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews NBC News is a leading source of global news and information.

Earlier this year, the Norwegian tech company Piql opened the Arctic World Archive to protect the world's most important data. The remote bunker - a converted mineshaft buried 300 meters underground - is considered safe from natural and nuclear disasters.