The Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Published: March 21, 2021, 10 a.m.

Far above the Arctic Circle on the Norwegian island of Spitzbergen, built into the side of a mountain which is permanently frozen, is humanity’s greatest insurance policy. 

There lie genetic backup copies for much of the world’s agricultural crops. 

These seeds are stored for a day which hopefully will never come.

Learn more about the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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