The Doomsday "Seed" Vault
In March 2008, on a remote Norwegian island in the Arctic Circle, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, or βdoomsday vault,β took its first deposits. The vaultβs builders had spent some $7 million and 12 months blasting a tunnel and three chambers into the mountainsideβs hard permafrost. To be stored within? Treasure. Read more... A Visit To The Doomsday Vault (13min. video)















