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World Service,2 mins

Storing the World’s Seeds in a Frozen Mountainside

Science In Action

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Brina Lainoff from The Crop Trust gives Marnie Chesterton a guided tour through the Seed Vault, dug out of a frozen mountainside on the island of Svalbard, in the Arctic Circle. Photo: Entrance to the Seed Vault, credit: Marnie Chesterton

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