Thursday, June 22, 2006

Doomsday Seed Vault protected by Polar Bears!

Construction began this week on the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway. This "doomsday" vault is being carved out of a frozen mountain on a remote arctic island and will be partially proteced by the wild polar bears which roam the area...
Its purpose is to ensure the survival of crop diversity in the event of plant epidemics, nuclear war, natural disasters or climate change, and to offer the world a chance to restart growth of food crops that may have been wiped out.
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While the facility will be fenced in and guarded, Svalbard's free-roaming polar bears, known for their ferocity, could also act as natural guardians, according to the Global Diversity Trust.
Read the entire AP article here.

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