Doomsday Vault comes to life in Arctic

**RocketFoot** · February 25th, 2008, 07:46 AM

Interesting story...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080224...GqSqmC_sSs0NUE

LONGYEARBYEN, Norway (AFP) - Aimed at providing mankind with a Noah's Ark of food in the event of a global catastrophe, an Arctic "doomsday vault" filled with samples of the world's most important seeds will be inaugurated here Tuesday.

Visit the above link for more details and a diagram of the vault!

**normanvin** · February 25th, 2008, 09:00 AM

Kind of cool. They sure are planing ahead.

**fultonCoShooter** · February 26th, 2008, 06:52 AM

what happens when the arctic ice melts?

**sluggie24** · February 26th, 2008, 07:08 AM

I was wondering what happens when something does happen? If something happens on the Earth that is bad enough that we need to get in that vault would we even be able to get there? Would there be any forms of transportation left? Anyone have a good set of hiking boots?