Weekend Video: Inside Svalbard’s ‘Doomsday Vault’
Tucked into a frozen mountainside in the High Arctic is one of the world’s most remarkable insurance policies for the future: the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. This secure facility, located on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, safeguards millions of seeds from around the world — a genetic backup meant to protect humanity’s food supply against catastrophe.
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