The world’s coldest bank!!! 🥶❄️ Think of the Svalbard Seed Vault as Earth’s backup drive for food, a place where countries and genebanks store duplicate seeds so crop varieties don’t disappear after war, disasters, funding cuts, or plain bad luck. Why Svalbard? It’s on the Norwegian archipelago near Longyearbyen which is remote, cold, and geologically stable. The vault is more than 100 meters inside a mountain, and the surrounding permafrost acts like a natural freezer, helping keep seeds froze

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The Svalbard Global Seed Vault has opened its doors for the first deposit of 2025, welcoming over 14,000 new seed samples! 🌱 These seeds represent vital global crop diversity and the rich knowledge, culture and resilience of the communities that cultivate them. As a global backup for food security, the Seed Vault is managed by the Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food, NordGen, and the Crop Trust. Since 2008, 123 genebanks from 85 countries have entrusted their seeds to this icy fortress,