Svalbard in norway hosts global seed bank with over 1 million samples

Svalbard, a polar archipelago in Norway, is the world's northernmost inhabited archipelago, located about 1000 km from the North Pole 🌐

Deep in Svalbard's mountains lies the Global Seed Bank, storing over 1 million seed samples from around the world at a depth of 120 meters 🌱

Since 1920, Svalbard has been part of Norway, but 42 countries have the right to economic activity on the archipelago under the Svalbard Treaty 📜

Svalbard's population is around 2500 people, outnumbered by polar bears, with approximately 3000 bears calling the archipelago home 🐻