The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is located halfway between Norway
and the North Pole. It is deep inside a mountain on a remote
island in the Svalbard archipelago. It’s a fail-safe state of
the art seed storage facility. It was built to stand the test of
time and all manmade or natural disasters. The vault is used to
store duplicates of all seed samples from the world’s crop
collection. They are essentially back-ups in case of the worst-
case scenario. Bill Gates donated $20 million to the project. It
would be impossible for the seeds to not rot, though. Right? The
vault was strategically placed and the permafrost and mountain
that it is contained in, with its very thick rock, ensures that
the seeds will stay frozen. They’ll even stay frozen should
there be a power outage. It’s basically the ultimate insurance
policy for the world’s food supply. You’re welcome, world.