The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, tucked away in the Arctic Circle between Norway and the North Pole, has received a new intake of 50,000 seeds from all over the world.
For obvious reasons, the underground concrete structure is popularly known as the Doomsday Vault.
The new batch of 50,000 seeds is one of the largest single deposits made to the vault since scientists built the structure in 2008.
The Seed Vault has the capacity to store 4.5 million varieties of crops. Each variety will contain on average 500 seeds, so a maximum of 2.5 billion seeds may be stored.
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