On June 19, 2006, the prime ministers of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland laid the "first stone" of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on Spitsbergen Island, Norway. The vault stores seeds from around the world, to provide security for the world's food supply in case of catastrophe, natural disasters, wars, etc.
Spitsbergen Island was chose since it has no tectonic activity and permafrost to help with preservation. It is maintained at a constant -18° C. It is constructed to keep seeds for thousands of years.
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