'Doomsday' vault to be put near North Pole

[multiverse]

What are they expecting?

Read this article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6335899.stm)on the BBC News site, dated today, Feb. 9th.

[them]

I have been Spitsbergen a few times. It's warmer than it used to be..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spitsbergen

I think seed banks are a great idea. Although it's probably prudent to create your own, as I have, rather than rely on them to dish seeds out after an asteroid strike (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/Dangerous.html), or some other dread global event.

I keep mine in airtight containers under the soil well below the frost layer. I have a range of different varieties of; rootcrops, beans, fruits et cetera, but have yet to find a way to store potatoes long term.

I also put some native tree species down too, especially pioneer species like Birch, Larch & Hazel, lots of Hazel :)

http://www.suttons.co.uk/default.aspx

http://www.bbc.co.uk/breathingplaces/seedhunt/images/hazel_collecting.jpg

[multiverse]

Dear Them,

Thank you for your message. Do you mean that you resided there or that you traveled there - in such an "icy" place? I do think that it is great to preserve seeds. But I wonder if some group in particular is planning some kind of event for whom the large seed banks might ultimately profit - not necessarily for everyone?!

The nice thing about you saving seeds personally, is that you can keep non genetically modified seeds. Wish we could to that!

All the best.

[them]

Dear Them,

Thank you for your message. Do you mean that you resided there or that you traveled there - in such an "icy" place?

I went there to catch Geese as part of an ongoing ornithological study. I went twice in the 80's & 5 times in the 90's.

http://loonen.fmns.rug.nl/ipy/168_6857.jpg



I do think that it is great to preserve seeds. But I wonder if some group in particular is planning some kind of event for whom the large seed banks might ultimately profit - not necessarily for everyone?!

You can just imagine it can't you.. Asteroid, environmental catastrophy (e.g like Krakatoa) whomever has the means to start growing & providing for those still alive would be holding some pretty nice cards.

The nice thing about you saving seeds personally, is that you can keep non genetically modified seeds. Wish we could to that!

All the best,



You can save your own.. all you need is an airtight container, seeds, a spade, a patch of earth and the inclination.

Get digging
http://www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire/films/images/pirates/jack_sparrow270.jpg