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On
a
Artic
island
,
work
started
in
a
where
millions
of
crop
varieties
will
be
in
case
of
global
catastrophy
.
The
global
will
be
in
a
300
meters
underground
in
the
of
Norway's
Spitsbergen
island
.
Dominic
Hughes
reports
:
"
A
thousand
kilometres
from
the
North
Pole
,
Spitsbergen
may
be
isolated
in
cold
,
but
it's
the
perfect
place
for
the
largest
world
agricultural
seed
bank
.
Deep
low
one
of
the
island's
mountain's
walls
with
.
The
seeds
will
be
stored
down
here
in
high
security
in
high
blast
proof
doors
at
around
minus
20ºC
.
Some
have
already
been
collected
and
the
plan
is
to
around
one
and
a
half
billion
seeds
,
three
million
variety
plants
for
the
growth
of
food
.
There
are
already
more
than
a
thousand
seed
food
across
the
world
?
but
,
will
this
be
final
against
some
kind
of
catastrophy
that
could
global
food
,
nuclear
war
,
natural
disaster
or
the
effect
of
climate
change
?