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Friday, May 23, 2008

Modern Noa's Ark?

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Global Seed Vault provides optimal conditions


Staff from the Nordic Genetic Resource Centre (NordGen) have now moved the Nordic countries' safety seed collection from a mine to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.







Since 1984 NordGen has stored duplicates of the Nordic countries' seed collection (former Nordic Genebank) in an abandoned coalmine just outside Longyearbyen. The seeds were originally stored in sealed glass vials placed in wooden boxes, stacked inside a metal container. The permafrost ensured good storage conditions at approximately -4°C.

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