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the Global Seed Vault in Svalbard

    • BrNor2216.jpg
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    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank), Cary Fowler at the initiative of the Global Crop Diversity Trust and Seed Vault Project

BrNor2216.jpg

26/02/2018
    • BrNor2232.jpg
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    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, mountains of the southern region glacial landscape in the Sør-Spitsbergen National Park (aerial view)

BrNor2232.jpg

23/02/2018
    • BrNor2073.jpg
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    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank), arrival and scanning of seeds at the airport baggage claim area performed by NordGen, a polar bear in the background

BrNor2073.jpg

23/02/2018
    • BrNor2082.jpg
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    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank), sealed boxes containing seeds from the Australian Grains Genebank

BrNor2082.jpg

23/02/2018
    • BrNor2085.jpg
    • 5120 x 3413 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank), arrival and scanning of seeds at the airport baggage claim area performed by NordGen

BrNor2085.jpg

23/02/2018
    • BrNor2090.jpg
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    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank), boxes containing seeds from Nigeria and Switzerland

BrNor2090.jpg

23/02/2018
    • BrNor2074.jpg
    • 5120 x 3407 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank), arrival and scanning of seeds at the airport baggage claim area performed by NordGen, a polar bear in the background

BrNor2074.jpg

23/02/2018
    • BrNor2263.jpg
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    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, direction and distance signs in front of Longyearbyen Airport and warning sign of potential danger of presence of polar bear

BrNor2263.jpg

23/02/2018
    • BrNor2279.jpg
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    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Taubanesentralen, abandoned central cableway building used for transporting coal in carts from the mines to the harbour

BrNor2279.jpg

24/02/2018
    • BrNor2119.jpg
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    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank) provides a safety back-up for existing genebank collections, seed delivery by NordGen

BrNor2119.jpg

23/02/2018
    • BrNor2115.jpg
    • 5120 x 3412 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank) provides a safety back-up for existing genebank collections, seed delivery by NordGen

BrNor2115.jpg

23/02/2018
    • BrNor2102.jpg
    • 5119 x 3407 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank) provides a safety back-up for existing genebank collections, seed delivery by NordGen

BrNor2102.jpg

23/02/2018
    • BrNor2103.jpg
    • 3412 x 5120 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank) provides a safety back-up for existing genebank collections, seed delivery by NordGen

BrNor2103.jpg

23/02/2018
    • BrNor2112.jpg
    • 5119 x 3407 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank) provides a safety back-up for existing genebank collections, seed delivery by NordGen

BrNor2112.jpg

23/02/2018
    • BrNor2111.jpg
    • 5120 x 3407 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank) provides a safety back-up for existing genebank collections, seed delivery by NordGen

BrNor2111.jpg

23/02/2018
    • BrNor2108.jpg
    • 3407 x 5120 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank) provides a safety back-up for existing genebank collections, seed delivery by NordGen

BrNor2108.jpg

23/02/2018
    • BrNor2114.jpg
    • 5120 x 3407 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank) provides a safety back-up for existing genebank collections, seed delivery by NordGen

BrNor2114.jpg

23/02/2018
    • BrNor2120.jpg
    • 5120 x 3413 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank) provides a safety back-up for existing genebank collections, seed delivery by NordGen

BrNor2120.jpg

23/02/2018
    • BrNor2123.jpg
    • 5120 x 3413 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank) provides a safety back-up for existing genebank collections, seed delivery by NordGen

BrNor2123.jpg

23/02/2018
    • BrNor2247.jpg
    • 5120 x 3406 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, mountain bordering the Isfjord under a strong wind (aerial view)

BrNor2247.jpg

23/02/2018
    • BrNor2218.jpg
    • 5120 x 3411 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank), Cary Fowler at the initiative of the Global Crop Diversity Trust and Seed Vault Project

BrNor2218.jpg

26/02/2018
    • BrNor2503.jpg
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    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, the city of Longyearbyen on the edge of the Adventfjorden (aerial view)

BrNor2503.jpg

24/02/2018
    • BrNor2131.jpg
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    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank), antechamber of the 3 storage areas dug in the rock and at a constant temperature of -4°C provided by the permafrost

BrNor2131.jpg

24/02/2018
    • BrNor2125.jpg
    • 5119 x 3407 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank), antechamber of the 3 storage areas dug in the rock and at a constant temperature of -4°C provided by the permafrost, access door at the storage room artificially maintained at -18°C

BrNor2125.jpg

24/02/2018
    • BrNor2126.jpg
    • 5120 x 3412 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank), antechamber of the 3 storage areas dug in the rock and at a constant temperature of -4°C provided by the permafrost, access door at the storage room artificially maintained at -18°C

BrNor2126.jpg

24/02/2018
    • BrNor2129.jpg
    • 3412 x 5119 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank), antechamber of the 3 storage areas dug in the rock and at a constant temperature of -4°C provided by the permafrost, access door at the storage room artificially maintained at -18°C

BrNor2129.jpg

24/02/2018
    • BrNor2136.jpg
    • 5119 x 3413 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank), antechamber of the 3 storage areas dug in the rock and at a constant temperature of -4°C provided by the permafrost, access door at the storage room artificially maintained at -18°C

BrNor2136.jpg

24/02/2018
    • BrNor2141.jpg
    • 5120 x 3413 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank), antechamber of the 3 storage areas dug in the rock and at a constant temperature of -4°C provided by the permafrost, access door at the storage room artificially maintained at -18°C

BrNor2141.jpg

24/02/2018
    • BrNor2142.jpg
    • 5120 x 3407 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank), antechamber of the 3 storage areas dug in the rock and at a constant temperature of -4°C provided by the permafrost, access door at the storage room artificially maintained at -18°C

BrNor2142.jpg

24/02/2018
    • BrNor2145.jpg
    • 5120 x 3406 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank), seed storage room artificially maintained at -18°C, there are nearly 900000 samples deposited, from 200 countries of origin and 73 depositor institutes

BrNor2145.jpg

24/02/2018
    • BrNor2149.jpg
    • 5120 x 3413 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank), seed storage room artificially maintained at -18°C, there are nearly 900000 samples deposited, from 200 countries of origin and 73 depositor institutes

BrNor2149.jpg

24/02/2018
    • BrNor2161.jpg
    • 3413 x 5120 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank), seed storage room artificially maintained at -18°C, there are nearly 900000 samples deposited, from 200 countries of origin and 73 depositor institutes, Åsmund Asdal and Roland von Bothmer (right) from NordGen present the new means of storing seeds in vacuum aluminum bags and old ones in glass tubes

BrNor2161.jpg

24/02/2018
    • BrNor2155.jpg
    • 5119 x 3407 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank), seed storage room artificially maintained at -18°C, there are nearly 900000 samples deposited, from 200 countries of origin and 73 depositor institutes

BrNor2155.jpg

24/02/2018
    • BrNor2156.jpg
    • 5120 x 3406 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank), seed storage room artificially maintained at -18°C, there are nearly 900000 samples deposited, from 200 countries of origin and 73 depositor institutes

BrNor2156.jpg

24/02/2018
    • BrNor2083.jpg
    • 3407 x 5119 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank), sealed boxes containing seeds from the Australian Grains Genebank

BrNor2083.jpg

23/02/2018
    • BrNor2165.jpg
    • 5120 x 3408 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank), seed storage room artificially maintained at -18°C, there are nearly 900000 samples deposited, from 200 countries of origin and 73 depositor institutes

BrNor2165.jpg

24/02/2018
    • BrNor2162.jpg
    • 5120 x 3407 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank), seed storage room artificially maintained at -18°C, there are nearly 900000 samples deposited, from 200 countries of origin and 73 depositor institutes, Åsmund Asdal and Roland von Bothmer (right) from NordGen present the new means of storing seeds in vacuum aluminum bags and old ones in glass tubes

BrNor2162.jpg

24/02/2018
    • BrNor2163.jpg
    • 3413 x 5120 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank), seed storage room artificially maintained at -18°C, there are nearly 900000 samples deposited, from 200 countries of origin and 73 depositor institutes, former means of storing seeds in glass tubes, left is pea, middle is rice and right is barley

BrNor2163.jpg

24/02/2018
    • BrNor2170.jpg
    • 5120 x 3408 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank), seed storage room artificially maintained at -18°C, there are nearly 900000 samples deposited, from 200 countries of origin and 73 depositor institutes

BrNor2170.jpg

24/02/2018
    • BrNor2207.jpg
    • 5120 x 3412 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank), Cary Fowler at the initiative of the Global Crop Diversity Trust and Seed Vault Project

BrNor2207.jpg

26/02/2018
    • BrNor2187.jpg
    • 3413 x 5120 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Cary Fowler at the initiative of the Global Crop Diversity Trust and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank) Project

BrNor2187.jpg

25/02/2018
    • BrNor2212.jpg
    • 3413 x 5120 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank), Cary Fowler at the initiative of the Global Crop Diversity Trust and Seed Vault Project

BrNor2212.jpg

26/02/2018
    • BrNor2220.jpg
    • 5120 x 3412 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank), Cary Fowler at the initiative of the Global Crop Diversity Trust and Seed Vault Project

BrNor2220.jpg

26/02/2018
    • BrNor2370.jpg
    • 5119 x 3407 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, warning sign of potential danger of presence of polar bear, "Gjelder hele Svalbard" applies to all of Svalbard

BrNor2370.jpg

24/02/2018
    • BrNor2381.jpg
    • 5120 x 3412 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, former coal carrying headframes and abandoned central building cableway building in the background

BrNor2381.jpg

24/02/2018
    • BrNor2180.jpg
    • 3407 x 5119 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Marie Haga, Executive Director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust that directs the Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank)

BrNor2180.jpg

25/02/2018
    • BrNor2084.jpg
    • 5120 x 3414 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank), scanning of seeds at the airport baggage claim area performed by NordGen, cameramen team of the international press filming the arrival of the boxes

BrNor2084.jpg

23/02/2018
    • BrNor2334.jpg
    • 5119 x 3407 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Adventfjorden

BrNor2334.jpg

24/02/2018
    • BrNor2199.jpg
    • 3413 x 5120 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Cary Fowler at the initiative of the Global Crop Diversity Trust and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank) Project

BrNor2199.jpg

25/02/2018
    • BrNor2092.jpg
    • 5119 x 3413 pixels
    • Norway, Svalbard, Spitzbergen, Longyearbyen, Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Seed Bank) provides a safety back-up for existing genebank collections

BrNor2092.jpg

23/02/2018