![]() Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings. The Seed Vault offers long-term protection for one of the most important natural resources onearth. The vault was first opened in 2008 by the Norwegian government. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault provides insurance against both incremental and catastrophic loss of crop diversity held in traditional genebanks around the world. Article media libraries that feature this. The seeds are kept at -18☌ (-0.4☏) but even if the island lost all power and equipment failed it would still take two centuries before it warmed to 0☌ (32☏). The Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Norwegian: Svalbard globale frhvelv) is a secure backup facility for the worlds crop diversity on the Norwegian island of. Overview of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on Spitsbergen island, Norway. Not only is there a lack of tectonic activity on Spitsbergen but because it’s so cold the Svalbard Global Seek Vault does not have to worry about losing power and being unable to refrigerate the seeds.Īn example of seeds being stored in a box Spitsbergen is part of the Svalbard archipelago and while it may seem remote, it was considered the most ideal location. But it is not open to the public.Īn example of a chamber inside the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, each box contains seeds People can visit the vault in person so long as they are on an organised trip with a tour guide. The virtual tour is the first time people can see what’s inside the seed vault remotely. The door to the Svalbard Global Seed VaultĮach chamber contains boxes and boxes of seeds that virtual visitors can get a closer look at and explore. ![]() Using their interactive tour feature, users can click and drag around to see what it’s like on one of the world’s most remote islands and visit the incredible vault.Īfter entering the thin, metal structure, virtual visitors are taken to a heavy metal door that leads down a tunnel and into several chambers that contain the seeds. Since its establishment in 2008, the vault’s collection has continued to grow. ![]() Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Now, the Virtual Tour Guides are taking people inside the Svalbard Global Seed Vault to see what it’s like. The destination of these little bits of genetic information was the. The Global Seed Vault, located on Norway's Spitsbergen Island, took on water during the winter because of melting permafrost, according to the Guardian. The secure storage vault safeguards 1.1 million different seed varieties which represent more than 13,000 years of agricultural history. But the scientists had already shipped off a resource of incalculable value: the seeds of the most important crops on Earth. Tucked away on Spitsbergen, a remote island in the Arctic Ocean, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault contains duplicates of seeds should anything occur that would eradicate the world’s ability to regrow them. Should there ever be an apocalyptic situation where the world needed to re-grow its food supply, it has the Svalbard Global Seed Vault to rely on.
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