The Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Everything Everywhere Daily - A podcast by Gary Arndt | Glassbox Media
Far above the Arctic Circle on the Norwegian island of Spitzbergen, built into the side of a mountain which is permanently frozen, is humanity’s greatest insurance policy. There lie genetic backup copies for much of the world’s agricultural crops. These seeds are stored for a day which hopefully will never come. Learn more about the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
