1/6 · ExteriorPhoto: Michael Major for Crop Trust · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source2/6 · ExteriorPhoto: Crop Trust · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source3/6 · Exterior · Photograph of exterior of Svalbard Global Seed Vault taken in February 2020Photo: Cierra Martin for Crop Trust · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source4/6 · ExteriorPhoto: Michael Major for Crop Trust · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source5/6 · Interior · The entrance tunnel to the Svalbard Global Seed VaultPhoto: NordGen/Johan Bäckman · Public domain · source6/6 · Interior · The Svalbard Global Seed Vault provides a safe backup of seeds on food crops conserved by seedbanks worldwidePhoto: Dag Endresen · Public domain · source
Infrastructure · Contemporary
Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Peter W. Soderman · Longyearbyen, Norway · 2008
Key featuresA wedge-shaped portal leads into a tunnel cut deep into permafrost rock, which keeps the vaults cold.
