AFTER THE APOCALYPSE Arctic ‘doomsday vault’ takes chilling new delivery to preserve FOREVER if life on Earth is wiped out by nuclear warThe Sun
By Lydia Doye
25 Feb 2025
A "DOOMSDAY vault" has received a new delivery of crop seeds to preserve forever if the Earth is wiped out by a nuclear war.
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is located 430 feet down, deep inside a mountain on the remote Norwegian Arctic island.
The vault was set up in 2008 as the ultimate backup plan for the world's food, and protects plants from all external destruction, like war and disease.
It contains more than 1.3 million seeds from around the world, with 14,000 more samples arriving today.
Today's delivery includes seeds of Nordic tree species from Sweden and rice from Thailand, according to the Crop Trust.
Executive Director of the Crop Trust Stefan Schmitz said: "The seeds deposited this week represent not just biodiversity, but also the knowledge, culture and resilience of the communities that steward them."
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