NOAH'S ARK OF SEEDS
IN THIS freezing area in one of the remotest parts of the world reindeer roam freely and polar bears outnumber humans by far. But this place is also home to one of the most important buildings on the planet – a potential saviour should there ever be a global apocalypse.
The towering concrete walls of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault jut out of the mountains of Spitsbergen, a Norwegian island in the Arctic Ocean. It looks like it could be a top-secret lab or a closely guarded bunker – but there’s nothing sinister about it.
