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Doomsday Seed Bank
One hundred countries have backed a “doomsday seed vault”, deep inside a frozen arctic mountain on the Norwegian island of Svalbard. The vault, guarded by polar bears and steel airlock doors, is planned to contain seeds of all the world's crops, as an insurance against global catastrophe.
Work Begins on Arctic Seed Vault – BBC
Fort Knox For Seeds via The Little Garden weblog.
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 10:17 PM on June 19, 2006
