Doomsday bunker: largest seed bank in the world

ORIGINAL: Science Dump

by Michiel

02/22/2013 - 12:20

The world's agricultural hard drive, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, turns five years old next week thursday. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is located on Spitsbergen and funded by the Norwegian Government and also by Bill Gates. The modern day Noah's Ark is designed to provide seeds for crops after an apocalyptic disaster. The bunker is located 120 meters deep in a mountain, 130 meters above sea level.

Source: http://visual.ly/svalbard-global-seed-vault-graphics

SOURCE: http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/lmd/campain/svalbard-global-seed-vaul...