在北极圈内的斯瓦尔巴群岛上,挪威政府建造的斯瓦尔巴种子库,被称为全球种子的“诺亚方舟”。该种子库总面积约1000平方米,分为三座储藏室。这座种子库于2008年投入使用,已经保存了来自全球的4000种植物种子,共86万份种子样本,包括豆类、小麦、稻谷等人类赖以生存的粮食种子。种子库能常年保持零下18摄氏度,一般的农作物种子可在这里保存1000年以 The Svalbard seed bank built by the Norwegian government on the Svalbard Archipelago in the Arctic is known as the “Noah’s Ark” of the world’s seeds. The seed bank total area of ​​about 1,000 square meters, divided into three storage room. Put into operation in 2008, the seed bank has preserved 4,000 plant seeds from around the world, with a total of 860,000 seed samples including grain seeds on which humans such as beans, wheat and rice depend. Seed bank can maintain year-round minus 18 degrees Celsius, the general crop seeds can be preserved here for 1000 years