Seeds on Ice: Svalbard and the Global Seed Vault: New and Updated Edition

by Cary Fowler

The remarkable story of the Global Seed Vault--and the valiant effort to save the past and the future of agriculture: Now updated with a new chapter by the author and photos from recent improvements in the facilities.

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. At the end of a 130-meter long tunnel chiseled out of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1632261391
• ISBN13: 9781632261397
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Prospecta Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.1" x 11.2"