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The remarkable story of the Global Seed Vault--and the valiant effort to save the past and the future of agriculture: Now updated with a new chapter by the author and photos from recent improvements in the facilities. Closer to the North Pole than to the Arctic Circle, on an island in a remote Norwe... Read More about Seeds on Ice: Svalbard and the Global Seed Vault: New and Updated Edition

The remarkable story of the Global Seed Vault--and the valiant effort to save the past and the future of agriculture Closer to the North Pole than to the Arctic Circle, on an island in a remote Norwegian archipelago, lies a vast global seed bank buried within a frozen mountain. At the end of a 130-m... Read More about Seeds on Ice: Svalbard and the Global Seed Vault: Svalbard and the Global Seed Vault