The Svalbard Global Seed Vault

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault Photographer Caroline Poiron tracks embryos of plant life from their origin on a farm in Hyderabad, India to the
Caroline Poiron / Light Mediation

Remote Location
Established on Svalbard Island, Norway, about 700 miles from the North Pole, the Seed Bank's purpose is to preserve a wide variety of plant seeds from locations worldwide in an underground cavern, part of an effort to protect the planet's rapidly diminishing biodiversity.

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