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Seeds on Ice: Svalbard and the Global Seed Vault
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About Seeds On Ice: Svalbard And The Global Seed Vault
Product Description The remarkable story of the Global Seed Vaultand the valiant effort to save the past and the future of agriculture Closer to the North Pole than to the Arctic Circle, on an island in a remote Norwegian archipelago, lies a vast global seed bank buried within a frozen mountain. At the end of a 130-meter long tunnel chiseled out of solid stone is a room filled with humanity’s precious treasure, the largest and most diverse seed collection ever assembled: more than a half billion seeds containing the world’s most prized crops, a safeguard against catastrophic starvation. The Global Seed Vault, a visionary model of international collaboration, is the brainchild of Cary Fowler, renowned scientist, conservationist, and biodiversity advocate. In SEEDS ON ICE, Fowler tells for the first time the comprehensive inside story of how the doomsday seed vault” came to be, while the breathtaking photographs offer a stunning guided tour not only of the private vault, but of the windswept beauty and majesty of Svalbard and the enchanting community of people in Longyearbyen. With growing evidence that unchecked climate change will seriously undermine food production and threaten the diversity of crops around the world, SEEDS ON ICE offers a personal and passionate reminder that we shouldn’t take our reliance on the world of plants for grantedand that, in a very real sense, the future of the human race rides on this frozen and indispensable biodiversity. Review "Like the crystalline, fiber-optic sculpture at its portal, the vault is a beacon of optimism and comity in a world that may seem cold and dark. It is a gift to the entire human family for generations to come. Santa, an Arctic neighbor, no doubt would approve." Adrian Higgins, Washington Post "[Seeds on Ice] reads like a cross between a coffee-table title and a TED talk. . . . Because the Global Seed Vault isn’t open to the public, Fowler’s book is the only view of it most of us will ever getwhich is why the coffee-table book format actually works. So as Fowler catalogs the history of agriculture, the long road of crop diversification and, more recently, of how many varieties have already been lost, we get stunning photography to keep us turning the pages. . . . If the pictures of polar bears and collapsing ice shelves aren’t message enough of the timeliness of both the project and the book, Fowler also notes that the Global Seed Vault has already proved its worth. The first seed withdrawal came in 2015, when deposits that had been made from a gene bank in Syria were sent back to help re-establish the banks in the region." The Los Angeles Times If you’re already familiar with the Global Seed Vault and understand the crucial role it might play in the future of humanity, you can think of Cary Fowler’s new book as a beautiful coffee-table ornamentwith the bonus of lots of informative, readable text. If you’ve never heard of the vault, Seeds on Ice: Svalbard and the Global Seed Vault can be your introduction to an extraordinary, farsighted venture. . . . Besides the science involved in selecting and preserving seeds, [Fowler] gives a fascinating account of the creation of the vault itself. . . . The book is illustrated with hundreds of photographs of the vault and the stunning Arctic environment in which it’s located.” Washington Post Seeds on Ice is a marvel of great story with beautiful pictures illustrating the wilderness of the Norwegian mountain hosting the frozen seeds. But, above all, Seeds on Ice is a monument to [Cary Fowler’s] passionate love for traditional farming and seeds. . . . [He is] telling a passionate story that seeds are life, warning us to wake up and defend unmodified seeds and traditional farming, which are the bedrock of life and civilization.” Huffington Post "Fowler's seed collection may have a reputation as a 'doomsday vault,' designed to save us from apocalyptic natural disaster and nuclear war, but his book is far from a
