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

Manifest
Westengen verifies that all seeds in the Indian shipment are accounted for before taking them to the storage area.

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