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Norway's Global Seed Vault Is so Isolated, It's Not Even Open to the Public

And the winner for the most secluded vault goes too... All joking aside, what's pictured here is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault situated in Svalbard, Norway, and its function is pretty cool! Aptly named and funded by the Norwegian government, this vault contains masses of "spare" seed samples. A staggering 1,145,693 seed varieties from all over the world are housed here. There's space for millions more to help facilitate the continuation of the project.

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With that said, new seeds are continually added to the collection to help ensure the world's future food supply is well protected. Interestingly the vault maintains a temperature of −18 °C to provide the optimum environment for the preservation of the seeds.