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Posted: February 26, 2008 |
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The Svalbard Global Seed Vault--dubbed the "Noah's ark" of plants--is carved out of a sandstone mountainside on a Norwegian island only about 600 miles from the North Pole. The vault is designed to keep crop seeds safe and protect the genetic diversity of the world's food supply in the face of a global natural or man-made disaster.
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| The Svalbard Global Seed Vault accepted its first shipment of crop seeds Tuesday. The vault, carved out of a mountain on a Norwegian island about 600 miles from the North Pole, is designed to protect the genetic diversity of the world's food supply in the face of a global natural or man-made disaster. |
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| Photo Credit: Cary Fowler/Global Crop Diversity |
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