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Saturday, February 10, 2007
I for one welcome our armoured bear doomday seed overlords


The BBC News is reporting on the completion of a design for a 'doomsday' vault ... that will house seeds. All known varieties of food crops will be represented in the structure, which will be constructed by the Norwegian government. The vault aims to safeguard the world's agriculture from future catastrophes by building into the side of a mountain. On a remote island. Near the North pole. The Svalbard International Seed Vault will house the seed samples at a preservative -18C (0F), and could be used by post-apocalyptic people to feed a hungry planet.

Slashdot Doomsday Seed Vault Design Unveiled /.

(Armoured bears live on Svalbard in Pullman's His Dark Materials series.)

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