This is the vault at the end of the world where all the existing seeds on the planet are kept.
It is located in the Svalbard archipelago, Norway, about 1,300 kilometers from the North Pole.
Opened in 2008, this underground warehouse is designed to preserve 4.5 million seeds of crop plants from around the world, acting as insurance against the loss of genetic biodiversity caused by natural disasters, conflict and climate change.
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