There are more than 1,700 genebanks that hold crops for safekeeping, but most are vulnerable and exposed. Not only to disasters but also poor management or poor freezers, which can ruin a whole collection. That would be like the extinction of the dinosaurs we would be without that crop variety if there was a disaster. The vault area is made of permafrost and thick rocks. It is 100 meters into the island and will remain frozen even if there is no power to the vault. Protecting above any other collection site. This way the opportunity to rebuild is there and it is supposed to be secure for centuries keeping a variety of crops available to the world. It has the capacitiy to store 4.5 million varieties of crops, normally there are an average of 500 seeds. That makes about 2.5 billion seeds to be frozen in the vault when it is full. Right now there are about 890 886 samples in the vault. Amazing for sure, And a beautiful place to be on nights or days when the northern lights decided to shimmer and shine.
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