Foto Friday: Seed Vault

Saving Earth's biodiversity is a great thing. I had no idea that the Noah's Ark for flora is located in the freezing inner depths of Norway but it is.

A photo essay from Time entitled "The Svalbard Global Seed Vault"...

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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