Arctic doomsday seed vault gets more than 14,000 new samples

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COPENHAGEN : A "doomsday" vault storing food crop seeds from around the world in man-made caves on a remote Norwegian Arctic island will receive more than 14,000 new samples on Tuesday, a custodian of the facility said.

Protected by permafrost, the vault has received samples from across the world, and played a leading role between 2015 and 2019 in rebuilding seed collections damaged during the war in Syria.

FILE PHOTO: Representatives from many countries and universities arrive in the Svalbard's global seed vault with new seeds, in Longyearbyen, Norway February 25, 2020.

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Published On: 2025-02-25 @ 18:51:15 (4 hours ago)

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