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The above-ground entrance to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, outisde Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Norway.

The vault consists of three caverns and is designed to hold 4.5 million varieties of seeds. Norway funded the entire project, which cost almost 50 million Norwegian Kroner (approximately $9.6 million USD).

Mari Tefre, found at: FinFacts.com, © Copyright 2007 by Finfacts.com