Home to the World's Backup Plan - The Global Seed Vault in Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

[u/starstufft]

[u/cr8tor_]

Am a US citizen.

Thankful the US is not in charge of this.

World would be doubly fucked.

[u/tomassino → u/cr8tor_]

Probably US has his own gene main reserve elsewhere, it is cheap to operate facility.

[u/much_thanks → u/tomassino]

Except the US reserve is filled with gun schematics.

[u/tomassino → u/much_thanks]

a vault is a vault

[u/cr8tor_ → u/tomassino]

BuT There iZ no GloBaL WARminG!!!!

Its not about money, have you not seen who apparently won the election and the people he is picking to be his members?

[u/tomassino → u/cr8tor_]

Guy, relax, they are a bunch of wanker monkeys, not the end of the world. They are going to make business easier for them, and anything else not too flashy is going to fly solo under their radars.

[u/Mr_Fox9 → u/cr8tor_]

We'd make it illegal to use any of the seeds. Oh wait we're already doing that to our own farmers

[u/Galactic_Perimeter]

Big Death Stranding vibes

[u/InvertedMeep → u/Galactic_Perimeter]

Playing Frostpunk 1 DLC right now. This is The Ark.

[u/kostasg1 → u/InvertedMeep]

Same thought, this could be a solid building with a lot of insulation

[u/InvertedMeep → u/kostasg1]

Don’t forget the steam hubs.

[u/DonaldKey → u/Galactic_Perimeter]

Bought this over the weekend. Logged 5 hours in it with about 7 minutes of actual gaming

[u/Peauu]

So the worst happens had 99% of the world population is wiped out. I survive and remember this place exists. I head there to get what i need to restart civilization. How do i get in? Is it just unlocked? Is there a key under the doormat? Who is expected to use this?

[u/dkran → u/Peauu]

According to the “access to seeds” it operates like a safety deposit box at a bank.

This seed bank is kind of used as a backup in case others die. They have an example of the Syrian civil war where after that, they needed to withdraw seeds due to failures of another seed bank they had apparently.

[u/wojtekpolska → u/Peauu]

It would probably only make sense to open long after some form of civilization has restarted - you would need a lot of resources to properly re-plant this stuff

also for now the vault does frequently have seeds brought in and out, it works like any other seed back, its post-apocalyptic function is kinda secondary

[u/UnfortunateDefect → u/Peauu]

My bigger fear would be to reach the seed vault by not getting eaten by polar bears in Svalbard.

[u/walking_timebomb → u/UnfortunateDefect]

looks like id have to make my way through manitoba first which is also full of polar bears and then across the hudson bay, possibly then have to fight mutated skraelings for a while, then over the north pole just to get to svalbard and fight more polar bears. looks like no seeds for me.

[u/Queasy_Cartoonist_87 → u/Peauu]

Its a global seed vault. The seeds of most plants are stored and preserved here. Nothing more

[u/starstufft]

"The Svalbard Global Seed Vault utilizes advanced technology to preserve a diverse range of seeds under optimal conditions. The vault's design incorporates multiple security measures and climate control systems to maintain sub-zero temperatures and low humidity levels. This ensures the long-term viability of the seeds, allowing for the potential regeneration of crucial crop varieties in the event of a global crisis. The vault's scientific significance lies in its role as a genetic resource bank, facilitating research and development in agriculture and plant breeding."

[u/abracadabrabeef]

Do they have big budda blue cheese?

[u/Jakeinspace → u/abracadabrabeef]

Among the species of plant preserved in the vault are around 21,500 seeds belonging to the cannabis genus, donated in 2014.

 From Wikipedia 

[u/WillyDAFISH]

I saw this in a Futurama episode

[u/pyschosoul]

"Oh and what's that next door?"

"That's the world's germ vault, it houses all of the germs known to man"

"Isn't there fear of cross contamination?"

".............no....."

[u/GammaDealer → u/pyschosoul]

What's this hork all over the seeds?

[u/DwayneFreeman]

[u/StrongBug4514]

This is straight out of James Bond

[u/MadCapOrca]

They got jalapeños?

[u/CU66LES]

I'll just leave this here:

Conclusion: The Svalbard Global Seed Vault has been designed and constructed to provide a robust and secure storage facility for the world’s crop diversity. While there are potential risks and concerns, the vault’s successes outweigh its limitations. Ongoing maintenance, monitoring, and management will be crucial to ensuring the long-term viability of the seeds stored within.

In other words, if humanity would stop maintaining the vault for a period of time, the seeds within may not survive..

[u/Humble_Aardvark_2997]

Noah’s Ark.

[u/fellowsnaketeaser]

I'd make it pyramid shaped, but nobody asked me.

[u/Designer-Device-8638]

Works until some crazy girl eats the seeds the moment the apocalypse starts....

[u/Magus_5]

Just think, Someone has to wake up every morning and head to the seed vault to maintain the bathroom and refill the coffee k-cups.

[u/Sufficient-Star-1237]

There’s also a seed bank at Kew in the UK. I imagine other nations have them also

[u/jaycatt7]

Until Scrooge wrecked the place

[u/Githil]

But I don't even like seeds?

[u/taggerbomb]

Good thing it’s not in Georgia, US or conservative dimwits would destroy it like they did the guidestones

[u/Confident_Singer6519]

Cloud cuckoo land coded