Doomsday Seed Vault Design Unveiled

Posted by Zonk on Friday February 9, 2007 @11:25AM from the any-room-for-humans-in-there dept.

in2mind writes "The BBC News is reporting on the completion of a design for a 'doomsday' vault ... that will house seeds. All known varieties of food crops will be represented in the structure, which will be constructed by the Norwegian government. The vault aims to safeguard the world's agriculture from future catastrophes by building into the side of a mountain. On a remote island. Near the North pole. The Svalbard International Seed Vault will house the seed samples at a preservative -18C (0F), and could be used by post-apocalyptic people to feed a hungry planet."

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Meanwhile on the Planet of the Apes by gelfling · 2007-02-09 15:32 · Score: 1, Offtopic

This sounds a little hysterical and typical of the Norwegian government's PC nonsense. Like the time their national pension fund manager was sanctioned for pulling all investments out of Norwegian defense related firms because he wanted to make a political statement.