seeds to serve the future


	seeds to serve the future

narain_47

5-23-2008 7:07 PM

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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 
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