The world’s coldest bank!!! 🥶❄️ Think of the Svalbard Seed Vault as Earth’s backup drive for food, a place where countries and genebanks store duplicate seeds so crop varieties don’t disappear after war, disasters, funding cuts, or plain bad luck. Why Svalbard? It’s on the Norwegian archipelago near Longyearbyen which is remote, cold, and geologically stable. The vault is more than 100 meters inside a mountain, and the surrounding permafrost acts like a natural freezer, helping keep seeds froze