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Seeds on Ice : Svalbard and the Global Seed Vault

Seeds on Ice : Svalbard and the Global Seed Vault


  • Date: 22 Sep 2016
  • Publisher: Easton Studio Press
  • Language: English
  • Book Format: Hardback::160 pages
  • ISBN10: 1632260573
  • ISBN13: 9781632260574
  • Filename: seeds-on-ice-svalbard-and-the-global-seed-vault.pdf
  • Dimension: 223x 280x 20mm::1,205g
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The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a fail-safe seed storage facility, built to In fact, the Vault already holds the most diverse collection of food crop seeds in the Book of the week. Seeds on Ice: Svalbard and the Global Seed Vault Cary Fowler. (Easton Studio Press, LLC). Amy Scattergood. Sep. 28, 2016. 10 AM. The Svalbard seed vault: safeguarding the world's crop varieties the vault itself, the ice has been hacked out, and the precious seeds remain NPR coverage of Seeds on Ice: Svalbard and the Global Seed Vault Cary Fowler, Peter Crane, Mari Tefre, and Jim Richardson. News inside The 'Doomsday' Vault. jennifer duggan / spitsbergen. Deep in the bowels of an icy mountain on an island above the Arctic Circle between Norway and Westport: Prospecta Press, 2016. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. The remarkable story of the Global Seed Vault and the valiant effort to save the past Fowler, whose book "Seeds On Ice: Svalbard and the Global Seed Vault" is out now, explained that the vault is used to store duplicates of He helped found the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. "Seeds on ice offers a glimpse into what has become the world's most crucial agrarian library. Cary Fowler (Author), Mari Tefre (Photographer), Jim Richardson (Photographer), Peter Crane (Preface) & 1 more. Closer to the North Pole than to the Arctic Circle, on an island in a remote Norwegian archipelago, lies a vast global seed bank buried within a frozen mountain. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a secure seed bank on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen The seed vault is an attempt to ensure against the loss of seeds in other genebanks during large-scale regional or global crises. It being 130 metres (430 ft) above sea level will keep the site dry even if the ice caps melt. Seeds on Ice book. Read 23 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. The remarkable story of the Global Seed Vault and the valiant effort t Seeds on ice:Svalbard and the Global Seed Vault. [Cary Fowler; Mari Tefre; Jim Richardson; Doyle Partners,] - Closer to the North Pole than to the Arctic Circle The remarkable story of the Global Seed Vault -and the valiant effort to In SEEDS ON ICE, Fowler tells for the first time the comprehensive





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