Today
,
there
are
about
1
,
400
seed
banks
around
the
world
.
These
keep
seed
____________________
from
all
____________________
safe
in
the
event
of
a
large
-
____________________
global
crisis
,
such
as
a
____________________
.
One
of
the
largest
____________________
banks
lies
inside
a
mountain
in
Spitbergen
,
just
1
,
300
km
from
the
North
Pole
.
This
is
a
backup
for
all
the
world's
other
seed
____________________
.
In
1996
,
director
Cary
Fowler
commented
that
the
seed
bank's
opening
"
marks
a
____________________
turning
point
in
safe
guarding
the
world's
____________________
diversity
.
"
Billions
of
seeds
are
now
kept
there
.
They
are
____________________
in
a
permanently
chilled
,
eathquake
-
free
zone
120
meters
above
sea
level
.
This
should
allow
seeds
to
remain
high
and
dry
,
even
if
the
polar
ice
caps
melt
.
