What Spitsbergen based seed bank serves to protects agricultural diversity in the far north, 1300 km from the North Pole?
Agriculture in Svalbard Agriculture in Svalbard – the world's northernmost – has a short history, and remains a minor economic factor, but has nonetheless had a culturally and socially significant role, as well as an ecologic impact. Svalbard is also home to the Global Seed Vault, which serves to protect the world's biological and agricultural diversity.
Snøkuvbreen Snøkuvbreen is a glacier in Nathorst Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is surrounded by the mountains of Kassen, Snøkuven and Juvtinden, and extends down to the valley of Danzigdalen. The glacier has a length of about six kilometers.