![]() By being 130 meters deep into the ground and 130 meters above the sea level, the facility is immune to extreme conditions. Bente Naeverdal, the vault’s property manager and the supervisor of operations of the vault, says about the vault’s location that, “It is away from the places on earth where you have war and terror”. ![]() It began operating in February 2008 and is led by the Norwegian Government. It houses millions of seeds belonging to more than 930,000 varieties of food crops. Its cold climate and permafrost make the area a perfect location for underground cold storage. Not only does the vault serve its purpose, that is to offer protection to the seeds against the local threats the gene banks face around the world, but it also doubles up as a stock or a backup of seeds ready for use in the aftermath of a global catastrophe. It is essentially the most secure gene bank with several varieties of agricultural and wild seeds which are stored at low temperatures. The vault, which opened in 2008, is housed in Svalbard’s Plateau Mountain, on a group of islands located off the northern coast of Norway near the North Pole. ![]() Adventure around the world in your robotic suit and use your. Youre on a lone mission in a post-climate collapse Earth. Every year, the scientists responsible for the Doomsday Clock at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists publish their annual judgement of how close its hands sit to midnight. Earths climate has collapsed and your mission is to collect the precious remaining plant life and return it to the safety of the Doomsday Vault. Way up north, in the permafrost, 1300 kilometers beyond the Arctic Circle, is the worlds largest secure seed storage, opened by the Norwegian Government in. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which is familiar by the name ‘Doomsday’ Vault, is situated on Spitsbergen, part of Svalbard archipelago of Norway. Download Doomsday Vault and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Previously: Look Inside The Doomsday Vault That Protects Seeds Of The World, Explore the Polar Bear Capital of the World, and more from Veritasium.Doomsday Vault or Svalbard Global Seed Vault during sunset. Most of the coal mines have now closed and the economy is gradually shifting towards tourism, education and research. Over time it turned into the coal deposits that in the 20th century brought miners from Norway, Russia, and the US. This vegetation was then covered in mud and sand and submerged under the sea. 1,194,944 seed samples 93 genebanks 5,974 species The Seeds The Svalbard Global Seed Vault facilitates security conservation of seeds, comprising genetic material of importance for food and agriculture. A swampy area, it was covered with the precursors to modern ferns, which were much larger than they are today, reaching 10-30 metres in height. Check out the trailer for this exploration puzzle game, Doomsday Vault, where it is your mission to rescue earths plant life. 360 million years ago it was actually in the tropics North of the equator. Doomsday Vault - Official Release Trailer. The coal was transported to the port via a series of aerial tramways some of which remain today, though they are no longer operational.Ĭoal is a reminder that Svalbard was not always an Arctic ice world. The hills around town are rich in coal deposits that have been mined for over 100 years. The Arctic town is home to the Global Seed Vault, often. The location of the Doomsday Vault ensures the availability of permafrost will keep the seeds frozen even when there’s no electricity. Due to the Doomsday Vault’s remote location, it is far from the reaches of war and nuclear threats. …how did this cold, remote, ice-covered archipelago come to be inhabited? The northernmost town in the world, Longyearbyen, is located in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, just 650 miles from the North Pole. The Doomsday Vault is located in no-mans land and is the farthest north anyone can fly via airplane. Also from his trip: a primer on The Northernmost Town on Earth (Svalbard in 4K), filmed in 4K by drone. A doomsday vault nestled deep in the Arctic received 60,000 new seed samples on Tuesday, including Prince Charles’ cowslips and Cherokee sacred corn, increasing stocks of the world’s. In theory, the vault is “ disaster-proof.”ĭerek Muller of Veritasium got a rare tour of the facilities when he traveled to Svalbard earlier this year. ![]() A gene bank built to protect the biodiversity of food crops, its design takes advantage of the island’s permafrost, thick rock, low humidity, and above sea level location. In the northernmost town on Earth, on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault protects around 865,000 seed samples from almost every country on our planet (including North Korea). ![]()
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