Tucked away thousands of miles in a remote mountain near the country of Norway, is the world’s largest seed vault. While there aren’t a whole lot of seed vaults to compare it to, the size and scope of what the Norwegian government is trying to accomplish is nothing short of extraordinary.

The Global Crop Diversity Trust was a trust implemented by the United Nations entrusted with the task of maintaining and conserving different variants of crops. This is easily the largest project the trust has undertaken, and with help from the Norwegian government it will be seen through. Basically the vault has been created to protect different crops if let’s say a global disaster were to occur.

The vault has the capability of holding up to 4.5 million seeds. The vault uses a refrigeration system that stays at a steady 0 degrees fahrenheit. With this refridgeration, the vault is capable of keeping the seeds intact upwards of 10,000 years.

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