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Svalbard’s mysterious ‘doomsday’ seed vault offers first glimpse inside with virtual tour

Jutting out of the permafrost on a mountainside on Spitsbergen, in the Svalbard archipelago, the entrance to the world’s “doomsday” seed vault is worthy of any James Bond movie.

Arctic seed vault to receive rare deposits

A vault built on an Arctic mountainside to preserve the world’s crop seeds from war, disease and other catastrophes will receive new deposits on Monday.