Inside the Svalbard Seed Vault

[@walkershelton7734]

They let you film in here but not walmart?!??😑

[@compulsivecommenter990]

Walmart is overrated

[@dafoex]

That's land of the free for you.

[@arvidkristoffersson4483]

Well, after all, it's run by Scandinavians

[@moopy6344]

I live in Norway (we own Svalbard) and we don’t even allow Walmart to have stores here, because they won’t tell us where they get the stuff they get their stuff. Just a fun fact.

[@mr.techaky7655]

@@moopy6344 Well... Props to you guys! Walmart has always been hella suspicious to me.... Almost like they're a black-market operation.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

You know it's cold when a Canadian says it's cold.

[@giggleherz]

I think the ruskies have us beat when it comes to dealing with the cold. We run around on skidoos while they build nuclear stations at -40.

[@YoungNHungryM]

Yup i live in Canada a American will say its cold when its 5 degrees i wear a t shirt in that weather

[@MrMan-rr4xj]

Oh hey

[@terner1234]

@@YoungNHungryM that's very cold

[@RBZ06LT6]

Less Canadians know cold temperatures than Americans do.

[@DannyOvox3]

Even North Korea agreed to be part of it. That's awesome.

[@Northstar628]

probably because they're planning on starting the apocalypse lmao.

[@nxovva]

Arcarsenal 😂

[@QS1597]

Arcarsenal lol

[@rubansrirambabu7771]

Pretty sure some of their nukes lie there.

[@lasseeriksen3001]

Norway make peace to the world ;)

[@coremeister1343]

In case anyone was remotly curios. the two boxes from Canada shown, the one first looked at and the one the Bente had her hand on, are from Plant Gene Resources of Canada. They contained Hordeum Vulgare(Barley) and Glycine Max (Soy bean plant).

[@Engitainment]

Thank you! I was curious what crops we'd sent.

[@wyzebeatz3742]

I searched also lol

[@smartereveryday]

I REALLY enjoyed this video. SO simple, yet so awesome. I felt like I got to go somewhere I've always wanted to go!

[@SamWatsonTV]

Love your work Destin!

[@veritasium]

+SmarterEveryDay thanks Destin! And next time I'm in a helicopter I hope you're with me

[@ignetiusjrelly]

+Sam Watson What a waste, kids in Africa could have eaten those seeds.

[@syedrafiqkazim448]

What a waste! Kids in Africa could've eaten those vaults... And ice

[@zanmurn]

+Square Physics i see your parents saw you're smart and your parents are using you for it... Sad

[@gabeshaw3721]

It’s reassuring to see every nation on earth having vested interest in preserving this vault. I hope that because everyone has skin in the game, even in a worst case scenario, thousands of years of agricultural advancement made by billions of people throughout the history of mankind would survive.

[@thatguy6214]

She's said no gene altered crops. All of our crops are gene altered. They aren't storing our progress, they are storing what the earth offers naturally. They should have an area for genetically enhanced crops- our progress, and also the main components to many different drugs.

[@lingtwist974]

@@thatguy6214 I agree. I suspect Monsanto could possibly be preventing nations from keeping genetically-altered crops the same way that they prevent farmers from holding onto their own seeds.

[@lorrainegatanianhits8331]

Yes, only for the fact that what we have done is agricultural retrogression. (To a large part. I know there are some advances in there too. I don't wanna trigger you guys working in agronomy).

[@s.alpinus8395]

Yeah. But, its worth noting that Longyearbyen was bombed and occupied by the nazis in WW2. The seed vault is part of mine no. 3. That's an abandoned coal mine. Some of these mines run straight through the mountains so that's why there was some bombs flying back in the day. Did I mention that Russia also have their own city up there, and have been muttering about not enjoying the Norwegian supremacy of Svalbard for the last 100 years? What I'm saying is: we all agree to the seed vault being a great thing until one day there's some trigger happy ding dogs who decide they want to strike this or that place. Buuut the seed vault is far far into the mountain, so likely to survive A LOT. And Svalbard is such a beautiful place. I've lived up there. So so nice

[@DigitalNinjaVideo]

You visit the coolest places

[@frogalex]

yeah very cooool

[@LorenzoStroe]

+DigitalNinja pun intended?

[@fitch.baggot2818]

investing

[@yusufqaddura7103]

+Lorenzo Stroe lol

[@pattso92]

+DigitalNinja #pun

[@Dominicdiola]

imagine being one of the last person on earth and you finally went there to restart civilization but the doors are locked.

[@Pawqqit]

id cry

[@nameeman207]

there is no "locked doors" if noone stops you. it's only matter of time to open it with angle grinder.

[@roshantr2557]

@@nameeman207 don't you need electricity for that ?

[@danpascooch]

"it's ok bro I heard there's no weed in there anyway"

[@yourdad7682]

@@roshantr2557 Other options are Guns, and TNT. Or you can ram a truck into the door.

[@CarbonXable]

"No drugs are stored here" What do you think Netherland sent there ?

[@ramim7256]

The Netherlands sent nether warts xdxdxd

[@chrisakaschulbus4903]

@@ramim7256 uhm... no.

[@qu2409]

Chris aka Schulbus r/wooooosh

[@chrisakaschulbus4903]

@@qu2409 how does that even make sense with my comment? i know it's a joke so how exactly flew it over my head? also: did you come up with that?

[@chrisakaschulbus4903]

@@w_ldan "stfu" don't cut yourself on that edge :D

[@wedoesfla]

all these seeds and i still cant downlaod torrent

[@shashanksistla5400]

lol

[@nodrevilot]

Hahahaha

[@nodrevilot]

Why are you down here

[@photonicboom6835]

relevance?

[@ZNotFound]

+KingBrave Super You need "seeds" to download torrents from.

[@joshuatang3135]

The box at 4:57 with the label "2C0132" contains _avena sativa_ , or the common oat. The more you know...

[@AnotherCuber5050]

+Joshua Tang The more you grow.

[@supreetsahu1964]

+Joshua Tang How'd you find that? Link?

[@arooobine]

+Joshua Tang ...the more you Kohl's?

[@meinbuch9458]

+Joshua Tang the more you can explain things to educate people correctly.

[@supreetsahu1964]

Joshua Tang CAN 004 + jan008-33 has common barley, not common oats.

[@Sumitssj13]

"People want to put their personal seeds in here" My immature brain: Hehe personal seeds. Engineer: "We've had men wanting to put their gene material in here" .......

[@raziasultana5222]

Yeah i was like lmao personal seeds, are they what i think they are? Then i see the next line and im like ok wtf

[@lightyagami3492]

That made me laugh way harder than i should have 😂😂😂

[@BarioIDL]

they should have bought dinner first

[@sais8681]

So when Scandinavians say personal seeds, they don't mean what we think they are 😂. Innocent lads 🤣

[@BarioIDL]

@@sais8681 they must have a small freezer right? or they traveled all the way there and whip out their meat scepter

[@beachbum23]

This video was sponsored by Vault Tec: Prepare for the future!!

[@miller4748]

Better future underground

[@retrofordboy]

Hopefully no radroaches!

[@solinvictus4367]

@@retrofordboy Too cold for that. Just have to watch out for sentient polar bears (Paradox Interactive easter egg)

[@kj7853]

Another settlement needs our help!

[@megamanx2006]

Ad Victoriam! The work of the Institute!

[@rickbiessman6084]

As a science fiction lover and someone who has studied dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction extensively, I can’t help but feel like this vault is a no-brainer. Sure, a scenario in which it might become necessary for human survival AND is accessed by people who would use the seeds for good purposes isn’t even all that likely, but it’s no overstatement that agriculture is what made human civilization possible in the first place. For the most part, we take that for granted way too much.

[@bigbig7054]

Hey, he's used to -18 degrees Celsius... He's from Canada

[@amazo1622]

Big Big he said he was from Canada

[@NeonNion]

Im used to -40°C. Greetings from Finland

[@joo-fy4xo]

@@NeonNion vittu ei meillä oo millonkaa -40. harvoin ees -30...

[@Tei_022]

Big Big I’m from Texas.. so.. anything below 40, 50 or below, people are complaining that it’s freezing.

[@jasongates-]

Places like this are needed, and I'm glad places like this are around the world.

[@yourmom2262]

There are several (7 I think)

[@OliveTree1318]

@@yourmom2262 There's way more actually! I work in a seed bank and we collaborate with many countries. Most countries have their own seed banks (though most are relatively small and only store a maximum of maybe a few hundred collections). (He actually mentions in the video there's about 1700 seed banks around the world!)

[@CureSmileful]

@@yourmom2262 thats relieving as by the beginning of video I wasn't sure wheter this is the only seed bank, but several is great idea

[@Minotaur1975]

It's pretty sobering to hear that Syria have had no choice but to withdraw some of their seeds to replant already :(

[@ragnkja]

+Minotaur1975 Hopefully they'll set aside some seeds from future generations of crops to return to the seed vault.

[@89nekkoinu]

+Minotaur1975 thats why north korea also deposit their seed there. if korean peninsula war happen again, they have a backup

[@iandakariann]

that a country in syria's state is sadly common.what's new is that they had a bank to use instead of just suffering without. it'd an idea you normally go, why sent aren't we doing this...except we have, and it's awesome

[@AbhijeetVakil]

+Eko ari wibowo I know this is a serious comment thread an all but phrasing is key.. "n Korea deposits their seed inside..."

[@AbhijeetVakil]

+Eko ari wibowo I know this is a serious comment thread an all but phrasing is key.. "n Korea deposits their seed inside..."

[@kyleherold8043]

There’s absolutely no way they don’t have hemp in the seed vault, it’s legitimately one of the most useful crops you could have

[@Tradernotahater]

Sounds like they have no idea what they have in there but if they’re smart they’ll have marijuana and hemp and all the other drugs as well. That’s just stupid to assume we won’t need those compounds.

[@MiniKodjo]

Canabis will survive any apocalypse anyways... it existed before mankind and will last long after mankind

[@lingtwist974]

There's a new study out claiming hemp can prevent Covid from entering cells. I'm skeptical, but if it's true it would bolster the case for storing seeds of it.

[@kyleherold8043]

@@lingtwist974 now that I think about it, I can’t really recall if any of my daily smoker friends have gotten covid.

[@MiniKodjo]

@@lingtwist974 It maybe just smoking... studies have shown smokers resist covid more..

[@TheHoaxHotel]

Welcome to Black Mesa East.

[@TheHoaxHotel]

Asentrix k

[@TheRickerX]

+The Hoax Hotel More like Black Mesa North.

[@BountifulGames]

+The Hoax Hotel I was thinking fallout for some reason XD

[@darkless60]

Half life 3 confirmed

[@shadow404atl]

+darkless60 I wish, HL3 is a joke at this point.

[@toxichammertoe8696]

I'm glad everyone is united on preserving seeds

[@itskelvinn]

Veritasium and vsauce are the best channels on KZbin. Thanks for letting people learn

[@denethweerasinghe4523]

CGP Grey as well.

[@Choconillaaa]

+PapaKay Don't forget smarter every day :D

[@johnhoward1142]

+PapaKay And smarter every day :)

[@itskelvinn]

akcodwolf1 personally i cant stand smarter every day. something about destin is borderline rude. the engineers who help him out are constantly interrupted by him making jokes and it seems like he always wants to show that he is a "science nerd" and a good father. My personal opinion. i still think its great how hes making millions of people learn though

[@katherinejia9752]

Don't forget sci show, crash course, it's okay to be smart, the brain scoop, and minute physics

[@noodleoflake965]

A 6 years old worst nightmare. *a vault full of vegetables*

[@amargollamudi3832]

YAAAAAAAAAS

[@Randomness78]

If doomsday happen at least our plants seeds are safe, lol, nothing is safe. Just look at a few of 'What If' channel videos and you'll understand..

[@noodleoflake965]

Hyde Deme my comment was a joke, I understand the entire concept because I watched the video lol. r/wooosh

[@Randomness78]

@@noodleoflake965 I just comment out of context actually ^^

[@noodleoflake965]

Hyde Deme but your comment had nothing related to my comment, or what your saying is that you wanted for me to post it there.

[@CallumTheCoolest]

If they don't know what's in the boxes, then there's definitely weed.

[@patriciairwin9491]

If not, I don't want to live after doomsday.

[@plusxz821]

You can make pretty cool chemicals with cannabis

[@plusxz821]

No,not that kind of chemicals

[@kathyabel5338]

Can't be, the owners have signed a contract. 🤪

[@chrisakaschulbus4903]

@@kathyabel5338 mr. nice, the famous cannabis-lord also signed a lot of contracts... i don't see that much of a difference between what he could do with a box that's going on a plane and what someone today could do with the seed vault. "those aren't coca seeds, see here on the contract it's clearly apple-tree"

[@ryanr1945]

"You know how I can tell its -18°?" I grew up in the northeast us, and got a big smile when he said that because I knew what was next. It doesnt get that way too often here in the winter anymore, but when it does and I'm with someone who's not from here, it's pretty funny when they're caught off guard by it.

[@eat_ze_bugs]

$9 million dollars to insure the world's crops is worth every penny.

[@yothiga]

Cheaper than 1 month military budget

[@gfbtfbtfilyfxbtyewqqef]

Cheaper than the US military budget

[@wouterg]

It's literraly cheaper than 15 minutes of the US military budget

[@sefk9003]

us is doing pretty good though ;) better than the rest of you whiners

[@rafaelfernandes3900]

@@sefk9003 I rolled my eyes so hard with your comment I could see my frontal lobe

[@jorgebibiano2442]

I guess I'll keep my weed seeds in my freezer since they dont want too

[@Bamiyanbigasf]

Jorge Bibiano actually there’s no such thing as “weed seeds” I think your referring to hemp seeds?

[@jorgebibiano2442]

@@Bamiyanbigasf bro stfu

[@WeirdSmellyMan]

@@Bamiyanbigasf weed seeds are definitely real

[@schlampadProduction]

@SUPRA or salvia divinorum

[@whengrapespop5728]

SUPRA Cannabis*

[@AD24200]

That is really cool place to go to.

[@sanfayyaad]

+LlamaFluff ohhhh i get it XD

[@oddhampton]

+LlamaFluff Fun fact: Tiss means pee or penis in Norwegian. Svalbard is Norwegian.

[@robertcoulson483]

Excellent information! Before hybrid seeds became available in the early 1930's, farmers grew a wide verity of seed crops that were hardy and thrived on their land. There were hundreds of varieties of corn and beans. After plants were bred for uniformity to allow for mechanical harvesting, many plant varieties were lost forever. Had it not been for farm and gardening families who kept growing the heirloom seed and later the Seed Savers Exchange, our farm crops family tree today would look like a telephone pole. To better see understand the urgent need for banking plant genetics. By growing a national crop that has the same genetics, you have the making of the Great Irish Potato Famine of 1845. ~ Thank you for making people more aware of the value of preserving our food plants genetic treasures for the Future.

[@rickbiessman6084]

Interesting point. I have no idea about agriculture, so thanks for sharing this little piece of information! =)

[@g_r_l8l8]

Are the seeds that Svalbard keeps heirloom or not??

[@TheAndrew1987]

" no genetically modified seeds" sooo no seedless bananas?

[@maxhammerum7705]

Rip

[@ScripterMega]

Most of the world's crops aren't in that vault either.

[@MrAudienceMember2662015]

+Andrew Harper 'Seedless bananas' aren't really seedless. They're hybrids and have very small seeds. Hybrids are different from GMO's. It sure would be nice to learn that the bananas have been saved. Along with chocolate and coffee, probably one of the most popular foods on the planet.

[@Drivebymumble]

+Andrew Harper or golden rice which I thought was supposed to be great

[@tobywilson]

+Andrew Harper "seedless bananas", in a seed vault. lol

[@iamunity7717]

The new Fallout DLC looks so realistic

[@vacantaccount9906]

@CraZy You predicted all the disaters long before it happened....

[@sofialima3445]

Wow, it costs more to buy a small private jet than to build the seed vault. And people are questioning the cost?

[@bigjuicyratgaming7049]

Nuclear winter

[@piggerspoggers6824]

Just so u know i live in norway and theres actualy mqnny problems whit the vault first the cylinder steel enterence is crumbling bc moving dirt it leaks inn watter bc they had like under a year tp build it so they dident plan it right

[@bobthreetimes2286]

It looks like the gta bunker

[@jacobdrum]

Do they have any frozen bees there? Because if not it might just be a big room full of ancient seeds when it comes time for it to be useful.

[@DemonXeron]

+Jacob Drum This is so damn true.

[@kayobro1234]

Some plants grow without Bees you know.

[@WhaleManMan]

+Jacob Drum But the bees would.... ya know...... die.

[@jonahbrame7874]

While on the surface this comment seemed to be intended partially as a joke, you raise an important point. Pollinators play a huge role in agriculture and we need to protect them. However, it would be much more difficult to make a vault to back up the species of animals that pollinate because it's not easy to create living organisms from DNA. Also if a whole species died and we brought it back using stored DNA, there's a chance that the species would not have some of the behaviors that it has before it died off, because some behaviors are learned from other members of the species and there would be no extant members to teach the new members how to act. Also, some insect colonies have hierarchies that might be difficult to recreate and make viable again. Long story short, our best chance of protecting pollinators is when they are alive. We need to learn about the ways they function in their ecosystems and make sure that we protect the things that keep them alive.

[@whatsinaname7289]

Totally agree, Jacob. CCD is a serious thing!

[@brittanyrocket]

Holy cow this was referenced in a tv show I just watched and They did a really good job recreating this! It's called Into the Night. I don't know why I assumed that the show wouldn't go for realism but I'd never seen inside it before, only read about this place. Very cool!

[@Durzo1259]

Actually, assuming that Hollywood didn't portray something realistically is usually the safer bet.

[@RayMak]

This place is so crucial

[@BrUh-dz7wp]

Yes.

[@user-tw1pm6nr5e]

ok

[@PabzRoz]

shutup

[@tommasocosta6061]

Ok seed's simp

[@Raj_gurung6125]

you again😂

[@terryrogers-kulick9499]

Very interesting and educational. Glad to know some of our plants are safe due to this facility. Kuddos to Svalbard!

[@booJay]

I'm from Canada so this vault just looks like my garage.

[@kebman]

How did I miss this episode. I'm from Norway and I've been a long-time subscriber of V. Pleasure seeing it now at least! :D

[@RTomassi]

Same here! Also, this story remind me of the story about the siege of Leningrad. A group of Russian botanists were in a secret vault and barricaded themselves against German soldiers and just as much starving citizens. They starved to death rather than consume the, at the time, greatest collection of seeds they were guarding. This is less dramatic of course, but to me just as noble.

[@OscarHanzely]

So I checked those Canadian numbers and according to database they store the wheat and barley in majority, then some corn, beans, and grass based on institution number of CAN004. however those particular box numbers are not in database, they were either withdrawn meanwhile in last two years, or the woman is not telling us the whole story what is stored there :-D

[@Gun5hip]

We were just testing to see what effects the vault would have on maple syrup. Shhhh

[@grantp287]

Wait so it’s not maple seeds?

[@clueless2248]

Why store the seeds when you can have the real thing?

[@or4]

Bro u just made this all up. Corn is genetically modified :/

[@goosegalileo]

Reaperz zz technically all of the seeds are genetically modified. GMOs are not just some crazy science combined things, like a jellyfish cat or whatever, but also things that have been cross bred and selectively bred. So even thousands of years ago when we started growing things and planting the ones that tasted best, we were genetically modifying plants! I think she meant something like a carrot potato mix, something really made in a lab.

[@TrippleZ3D]

Imagine after dooms day all those seeds without the bees!!!

[@Filmsbysaii]

TrippleZ3D you got the point..

[@lilaclizard4504]

well North Korea will be fine, their people are so used to doing stupid menial tasks that being told to be human bees & hand pollinate everything will just be treated as a normal day lol seriously though, it would be a problem, but there are options like hand pollination & bees aren't the only pollinator & presumably any government depositing seeds has thought of this & has deposited seeds with a mix of pollination methods & those that don't need pollination to produce food

[@masterroshi5573]

we all will have to pollinate by hand!! slaves to plants we will have to be!

[@rafaelfernandes3900]

Freeze them bees then

[@ArkBlanc]

We don't need the bees that much, there are hundreds of thousands other species that pollinate the Earth.

[@necroticgolem1884]

This feels like something that you would find as an abandoned structure in Fallout or something

[@kizofio]

+NecroticGolem I hope modders will add this as a mod.

[@WonkieNJ]

I'm imagining some kind of epic post-apocalyptic adventure story of people finding and busting into the seed vault to bring back food seeds to a ravaged world.

[@the_infinexos]

Yeah, this is definitely gonna be some legendary rumored vault in a world ravaged by nuclear war

[@suchepicgamer2640]

This is actually a thing in the second season of the Netflix show ‘into the night’

[@jaysage976]

And if you didn’t know. The main guy behind these dopop shot Mr bill gates own a nice piece of that facility and he also own majority of all farm crops in America. I wonder what he is up to. Hmmm

[@Thatgeekycanadian]

I suggest you watch into the night season 2 on Netflix!!! I think they did it well!

[@enkor9591]

And then there aren't any seeds because people have been actually depositing other things and lying all the time

[@TheMegaKidBoy]

I bet you those boxes from North Korea has a little bit of Kim Jong Un's ''seed'' in it.

[@Julia-vo1wo]

too soon

[@Steve-zw5bs]

+juliathefuckedup or maybe too late!

[@DinaricWolf]

+Amanou A very CUMedic comment

[@KernalBernal]

+BarrowsOre CUMon guys this aint funny

[@elroyscout]

*Facepalm

[@squeakerchild7539]

YAY! Finally, someone noticed NORWAY! Our wonderful country finally gets a bit of recognition! This, has never been achieved by manki... Norwegiankind...

[@AfroKing.]

and it will be forgotten

[@squeakerchild7539]

+Jaevonify now this, THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL DISRESPECT! Racist!

[@AfroKing.]

Gustav Endresen Honey, I know about racism so don't pull that card

[@squeakerchild7539]

+Jaevonify well, seems like you don't know about jokes.

[@AfroKing.]

Gustav Endresen sure don't

[@lovethieves1383]

Somebody intelligent realized most of humanity isn't going to make it so they made an emergency "start all over" plan.

[@the_infinexos]

Honestly? It sounds A LOT like Horizon: Zero Dawn. Except without the rogue robots that feed on bio-matter as fuel.

[@thechosen254]

They can't be that intelligent if they have no medicinal plant seeds in there...

[@lovethieves1383]

@@_c_y_p_3 They prob got another secret back room with peyote seeds, weed, some room where spores lives so they can get mushrooms. The future doesn't have to be boring. I won't know but message to the future people when I die. Have fun if you find this thread! Smoke a fat one!

[@ghillepig2]

@Flatearth Granny Jesus Christ, are you ok m8

[@chessgmvid]

not only humanity, most of life on earth...

[@user-cq8fk8ej4h]

7 years later.....I watched that documentary "Seed". Really good. Such a vital, noble thing to do.

[@EugeneKhutoryansky]

Let's hope that the seed vault can withstand a global nuclear war, and let's also hope that we won't ever have to make any more withdrawals from the vault.

[@AGrayPhantom]

It's in a mountain in the middle of nowhere. I think the seeds are safe.

[@Gilgameshh]

You're too stupid to be watching this video.

[@fr3fou]

f a l l o u t :D

[@BineroBE]

+AGrayPhantom It could be targeted.

[@peardude8979]

+Physics Videos by Eugene Khutoryansky I guarente there will be future withdrawals from the vault.

[@EstrellaViajeViajero]

Wow, it costs more to buy a small private jet than to build the seed vault. And people are questioning the cost?

[@user2C47]

People should question the cost of a $50M small rural high school.

[@Diabhork]

Well yeah... this place can survive doomsday

[@squidwardo7074]

9 million is a lot of money for the average joe

[@onespiker]

well the main thing about the cost is that svalbard is a converted coal mine. meaning the tunnels and exc.. was already there. they just found a new way in how to use it.

[@Visengrad]

@@onespiker Oh that makes a lot of sense

[@polyblank73]

7:34 HOLY SHOT IT'S BIGFOOT!!!!!!!!!! HOW DID HE GET IN!!!?!?!?

[@Onemessagefoundationismyfav]

Only 4.4 million views in years on an honest and sincere knowledge based video! - All misinformation, hate and propaganda video from other channels are standing 10million plus with in a month or 2. Yup we need this vault more than ever.

[@colbertops1007]

If they really cared about the biodiversity and future, wouldn't even the "illicit" plants matter considering they might/ do have medical or scientific purposes.

[@persomnus]

They're really hurting their own cause for some "this natural plant is bad bc I say so" argument. There are epilepsy cases were marijuana derived medicines are the only thing that can give them a qaulity of life. The people saying marijuana can't be stored there, are saying those epilepsy patients don't deserve to be seizure free because some random dude might like smoking it.

[@chuckbucketts]

I would think so. There are a lot of medically useful drugs that have no recreational application; the world would be hurting if we lost some of those.

[@-Offstar]

The goal of the Svalbard seed vault is to contain the seeds used for agricultural biodiversity. The plants stored are all the plants that make up what is used in every day food. Which is why plants like marijuana aren't stored yes there are cases where marijuana can be used for medical purposes, however marijuana can't feed people and keep people alive. If all the plants and seeds in the world outside the vault is destroyed, no one is going to be concerned over whether marijuana seeds are safe there are far greater worries.

[@DeaconPain]

@@-Offstar Counter point, those "drug" plants are still agriculture and add to the biodiversity. Not all agricultural crops are food. There is clearly plenty of room for more seeds so why not store those plants?

[@patrickmclaughlin61]

Calm down pot heads. There are 1700 other seed vaults in the world. Plenty of illicit seeds and spores will be saved.

[@lukilsn]

Imagine if every animal and plant is gone and aliens find that building

[@TheKristyMack]

lukilsn Good idea for a book, I'd read the shiz outta that

[@Sr_iRL]

lukilsn Plants vs Zombies

[@adarshguptak]

Young film makers who are searchers of movie stories, there you go.. @lukilsn just gave u an idea ;) :D

[@ShiftingReality]

Could be ETs were the ones to recommend building the vault. ETs don't need anything from us unless they eat humans.

[@enragedseaurchin8629]

Well my weed seeds won't be gone because it's not a plant yet

[@aabbccddeeffgg1234]

you visit such cool places, would love to visit them myself at one point

[@Flagen579]

Hehe, 'cool'

[@LudicrouslyLiam]

+be_cracked -__________________________-

[@ole7794]

+be_cracked I dont think it was on purpose lol

[@aabbccddeeffgg1234]

maybe it was, maybe it wasnt ;)

[@ShihammeDarc]

"Genetically Modified Crops aren't allowed" Every single crop that we have selectively bred: Are we a joke to you?

[@Dracomandriuthus]

The difference is that selective breeding follows pretty much the same rules of standard evolution. Genemodded seeds don't follow that rule, and since we don't have a guaranteed understanding of what would happen with those genemodded seeds in perpetuity, we can't accurately predict what changes we would make that have later impacts on the seeds. Of course there's decisions we make that might lead to a cascading failure state if we simply selectively bred something to a desired state until it degenerated to a point of nonfunctionality= See dogs, for example, and their current purebreds that have a high likelihood of health problems, such as the large dogs with hip and spine issues. But, all in all, since the seeds that have been behaviorally trained in certain environments to succeed in those environments follow the standard evolutionary paths, they have genetic drift in each seed. That's not necessarily the case for gene-modded seeds. Because of that, the amount of variance becomes much more predictable, but we haven't actually put the time in to determine the predictability of those seeds to degeneration. Going back to the dog example, if you have a few purebred dogs that breeed with each other over a couple generations, it doesn't matter that they're purebred, they'll eventually become a mnutt, that doesn't have the same health problems that consistently plague the purebreds. Maybe the mutt will have one, but it isn't likely to have *all* of them, and continued free access to the gene pool will lead that mutts offspring to select for the positive traits on average. Plants work the same way.

[@ShihammeDarc]

@@Dracomandriuthus Thanks for the detailed explanation and your time!

[@lonestarr1490]

@@Dracomandriuthus "The difference is that selective breeding follows pretty much the same rules of standard evolution." I dare to contradict. What we've done to the banana for instance as far from evolutionary beneficial for the plant as it can possibly get. Without constant maintenance, the whole species would vanish within less than a decade. And the same could be said about many of our crops. Just because the method is different doesn't mean you can't get similar Frankenstein results via selective breeding. And on the contrary, gene modification does not necessarily result in unpredictable outcome.

[@Dracomandriuthus]

@@lonestarr1490 I'm not saying that it follows the same process of selecting for the best success, I'm saying that bred plants have genetic drift and genetic variance.

[@nicholasmartin1881]

Theres a difference between GMO and hybrids 👍

[@IzzyIkigai]

No genetically modified seeds? So basically they could only store non-cultivated plant-seeds?

[@veritasium]

+MKzer0 I take your point but I'm sure they are permitting the old fashioned form of genetically modified seeds

[@youngjezee]

+Veritasium since they don't store drug plants there where to they store medicinal drug plants or poisonous plants that is useful?

[@Erik_Arnqvist]

+WhatSyndrome Trust me they do, really think someone haven't sneaked some weed in those crates? And they said they can't check the boxes.

[@sasquatchanbearhunter]

+Xeno Your wrong. Legalization has support on both ends of the political spectrum. Seriously why does everything have to be conservative vs liberal, parties can agree on stuff you know.

[@ataiwanese]

+WhatSyndrome food crops!! Food is way more important !!

[@MrQuirke9]

I'm not a marijuana user but I think it's a bit stupid not to keep the seeds of the plant in there as well, even if it can be used as a drug

[@karenmelissa1947]

they must have it but don't say

[@wg3671]

they do now

[@PewReview]

Agreed. If they're going to invest in a biodiversity preserve like this, why would they not preserve even the most dangerous or poisonous plants? Not saying that cannabis is either, of course, but it seems contrary to the vault's purpose to only allow certain plants.

[@karlfox584]

Forget marijuana as a drug... hemp is such a versatile plant it seems ridiculous that it isn't allowed to be kept here

[@puppycasey8883]

Opium poppy and cannabis seed are some of the most important seeds to preserve.

[@pansane1054]

Knowing Canada... We've stored pancake mix and maple syrup

[@getchasome6230]

Moose seeds

[@CopperheadGarage]

And weed seeds

[@johnathanhodskins5820]

At -18?

[@Vatsyayana87]

god i hope so...

[@jeek3452]

i mean, its april and still snowing, why need a vault when you got a meter of snow?

[@andreameigs1261]

do a video about vavilov please. He was the first guy to realize how important plant genetics were and he went to the origins to collect the ancestors of our modern crops. its an amazing story.

[@jimphieffer3649]

the koreans were storing corn and rice according to the website

[@niklas7355]

that's not true, I just checked

[@xsogon8473]

Cold then what is it then 😑

[@niklas7355]

@@xsogon8473 I was thinking about making a list. But I have exams tomorrow lol il make it some other time

[@niklas7355]

@Jacob Acunia That would visually look horrible because its writen down in a datase with sql. And on top of that they use sciantific names like "sinapis alba".

[@Gryphen_]

@@niklas7355 sounds like your a coward

[@MOTO809]

Now that Futurama episode makes perfect sense.

[@MOTO809]

The Futurama Holiday Spectacular

[@MOTO809]

Yes.

[@EthaysWorld]

the one with the germs mixing with the seeds and the world blows up at the end?

[@MOTO809]

Ethay Yep.

[@fnafproductions5859]

MOTO 809 I came from that futrama episode just now!

[@RaphaeLoh01]

Probably the most important fridge/vault in the world, -18°C, uses cardboard boxes...

[@Bamiyanbigasf]

Raphael Loh that’s what Canada sent them in as stated there all stored in containers from the host country

[@ghyul6263]

recyclable

[@chrisreid5745]

Doesnt matter why put a seed vault all the way out there so nobody can reach it when there is a global disaster

[@tsduali7516]

also it's too close to coast , let's hope it has multiple entrances

[@vacantaccount9906]

like its military... No offense but.... canadian ground military still uses 1960s era such as C7A1-C7A9 (canadian moded M16A1)

[@shalashaska9946]

They really should take in all the GMO seeds they can. In a post apocalyptic scenario you'd really much rather have the potato's that grow the biggest and fastest.

[@oobanoobaisterrible]

Yeah honestly when they said they wouldn’t take gmos I thought that really didn’t make sense

[@Trystero_]

well they're not allowed to know whats inside....

[@cartermanjohn7702]

But you don’t the effects of those potatoes, we really don’t know the effects of any of these genetically modified crops

[@shalashaska9946]

@@cartermanjohn7702 yeah we do. The effects are that they're larger, more nutritious and more resistant to disease. That's all genetically modified means. The strawberries you buy in the store are massive versions of their natural counterparts.

[@salmonmankingoftheocean7624]

I think it’s because this vault isnt intended for helping people survive the apocalypse, but to rebuild when things get better, and get earth’s biodiversity back up to what it was before

[@garciagarzarodrigo3729]

Bente: "No genetically modified material goes in here." Me: Does that mean they have the disgusting green short bananas with giant seeds and the small watermelons with no red part?

[@Eshwald]

Probably not, since those were naturally occurring and not cultivated in agriculture.

[@Sam-vy8ye]

Regardless they still couldn’t accept those bananas and melons because they reproduce through cutting and grafting. As it name suggests, the Vault only collects seeds.

[@Muskar2]

Artificial selection is apparently okay. GMO is one of the few things I've never understood the raid against. I mean, apart from seedless seed monopolies and illegal stuff.

[@Eshwald]

@@Muskar2 Pretty sure that is the variety that is banned

[@Muskar2]

@@Eshwald I'm sorry, can you clarify what you're speaking to? Artificial selection or seedless seeds? Avoiding artificial selection would mean that you could only grow seeds of plants as they were before human agriculture existed (i.e. ~12,000 years ago). Plants with poor yield, size, taste, nutrition and resilience. And I've never heard bans of GMOs accept certain modifications before.

[@julianturner69420]

They should allow genetically modified seeds, that are modified to make plants survive better in different climates, that way if the earth dramatically shifts in climate we'll still be ok and all the seeds wont be useless

[@anfi7447]

Genetic modification can go wrong and for a place like this a problem in the seeds could ruin a heck of a lot

[@vinceajpanganiban7742]

GMOs are not that good in our health

[@RebornLegacy]

@@vinceajpanganiban7742 That's not true at all.

[@AmandaVieiraMamaesouCult]

IKR not accepting GMOs is the dumbest thing ever

[@AmandaVieiraMamaesouCult]

@@anfi7447 Most of the vegetables and fruit you eat have been genetically modified.

[@re8nifle]

I've done some exploring, and here's what I've found are in various seed boxes for various countries. Canada: Oats, Barley, Wheat, North Korea: Rice, Corn, Grass Taiwan: Sorghum, Kale I could probably do more, but I've already been at it for several hours... it's hard to search on the database... They may not all be 100% accurate, but maybe at least close.

[@bumpy1137]

3:25 no weed? Among the species of plant preserved in the vault are around 21,500 seeds belonging to the cannabis genus, donated in 2014. The seeds were provided by Alchimia, a Spanish seed bank. I guess she's right when she said they don't look in the boxes...

[@chuckbucketts]

I wonder if anyone stores spores instead of seeds? Fungus needs love, too.

[@IBHiNation]

For real that is a necessity these days!

[@Privateacct1038]

never

[@eldruidacosmico]

Good thinking, plants can't survive without the correct fungus on the soil. Not to mention bees and other polinizers.

[@luissanchez723]

Well I guess it depends on the contract if spores are included in it, since they're technically not seeds. Tbh they should be.

[@Akshitguleria7]

Shrooms ha?

[@WarlordRising]

This place looks like the ending of Outlast.

[@gloriouskaiser6610]

WarlordRising Yup. They're hiding an old Nazi guy in there.

[@techmech7564]

True XD

[@leongeiszler1360]

thats what i was thinking

[@romancook2364]

I was looking for red barrels and a shadow like poltergeist lol

[@YM-vn2ts]

they also have chris walker and the walrider in there

[@Hank..]

that'd make for one hell of a heist movie Its like Heat, but its all just a bunch of middle aged white women who love gardening

[@chrisakaschulbus4903]

"Its like Heat, but its all just a bunch of middle aged white women who love gardening" ... you mean... it's like... "cold"? ... shoot me

[@Hank..]

@@chrisakaschulbus4903 lol fantastic clapu clapu clapu

[@smartaleckduck4135]

You could call it “Garden’s 11”

[@smartaleckduck4135]

Or “Gardner’s 11” because that’s also a last name like Ocean

[@oobanoobaisterrible]

I want this movie now

[@lynoreoakley9412]

Wow that actually made me really emotional! It’s so important!!! Thank you ❤

[@netkohen]

Wow, awesome video Veritasium! This is probably going to be one of the coolest videos you have posted. Ive always wanted to see a cool tour of this vault, and ive always thought no one is allowed in this place or near it so i never tried to search up videos about this but when i saw this video in my recommended i had to watch it. GREAT JOB!

[@tobyport5873]

I'm waiting for the North Koreans to write to them now to ask their boxes to be moved to another shelf...

[@GlatHjerne]

Lmao

[@tobyport5873]

or another deposit?

[@bassl0va]

+Toby Port Pretty sure they won't be watching youtube there to find out lol

[@ulfvonweimuller4433]

Maybe USA does it first.

[@82ayalaj]

bassl0va well, they do have a KZbin channel

[@varunrajput8083]

Does that tunnel at 1:05 remind of anyone of OUTLAST?

[@CucumberSliced]

yeah, like the last part

[@cmap1503]

+Varun Rajput oooooooohhh yes

[@emerald3616]

+Varun Rajput Reminded me more of SCP containment breach... never was a fan of outlast... and no not because i hate how scary it is.

[@Thlormby]

+SamTEG “TheEmeraldGamer” Woodruff Site 19 in SCP CB was kind of inspired by the vault

[@ItZWaffleS420]

The seed bank had a slight water issue due to rising temperatures. Some water flooded into the main entrance, but froze a few meters inside, no seeds were harmed. Renovations were made and completed in 2019 to prevent further water seepage, but how long until this happens again? The ice is melting faster than engineers planned when they designed the seed vault.

[@RealRogerFK]

Hope in a doomsday scenario we find weed seeds in a "potato" bag

[@karenmelissa1947]

I think so

[@theeturnone]

I think she either lied , or didn't know about cannabis. . and they must have hemp in there. . which has miniscule levels of THC. . A few years of selecting the highest potency crops and weed would be back. . GMO is a huge factor in getting the best bud

[@lilaclizard4504]

The seeds are deposited by the world's governments. Do you really think they'd send their stash to another country for safekeeping? Pretty sure that's one seed they'll be caring for at home :) You would hope hemp is included though, it is a potentially very good choice for what she spoke of with changing conditions

[@account-not-found-try-again]

Lilac Lizard friendly greetings from The Netherlands

[@christofferandersson6126]

LMFAO

[@matthewhellmers225]

The other two vaults contain Walt Disney, Ronald Reagan, Steve Jobs, and Michael Jackson. Basically anybody rich enough to be cryogenically preserved.

[@matthewhellmers225]

***** Lol, my dad used to work for the company that poured the concrete for the Superdome's foundation. I asked him if, as legend has it, Jimmy Hoffa is buried under the end zone. He told me he isn't allowed to talk about that.

[@travisfletcher6342]

Don't forget Tupac...

[@HALLish-bl3bm]

Cryonics costs like $20k. It's within the budget of normal people, if they save.

[@AudioArcturia]

Cryonically*

[@AudioArcturia]

Well don't expect to be revived at any point in the future, as your body will be a pop-sickle xD

[@Ryvucz]

This is based on a trust system with countries and their contents. Let that sink in for a bit.

[@keira_churchill]

+Ryvucz - Trust is a good thing. We could use more of it. +Immolation Angel - Box 4 is listed as containing corn and rice. I didn't look up the others.

[@keira_churchill]

***** Indeed. They trust the Norwegians to keep their deposit safe. If they didn't then they'd use one of the other facilities or build their own.

[@ID10Tpig]

Nice picture! Mech Warrior ftw!

[@jmiquelmb]

+Keira Churchill To be fair, if they don't trust in Norway, I don't know who should they trust.

[@deputydog1995]

"We cannot open the seed boxes." She says, standing over an open seed box.

[@BRB_Covers]

She didn’t seem like she knew what she was talking about. She gave him a lot of “I don’t know” replies.

[@BRB_Covers]

@@timcollum5015 you do have a point!

[@quinntakara1642]

Pretty sure she was talking about the packets not the boxes.

[@Doggepe]

They most likely have a "demo" box for visitors. Think.

[@UserName-ii1ce]

English is not her primary language either

[@DogratDavis]

"Might be the most important room in the world!!" "Well we don't check the products we prefer to use the trust system" lol

[@dafoex]

If they use a trust based system, what's stopping someone sneaking in a Bitcoin paper wallet or an OpenDime? Ultimate cold storage! Heck, I know they have a no GM rule, but you can store data in DNA, what's stopping that getting snuck in?

[@pedecia]

@Chris Russell everythink makes sense if you think it is designed for the elite few that will survive the apocalypse because buried in shelters undergroud. All corporations and rich of the world are digging. Something has been planned. I so hope I am wrong if not God help us all.

[@JupiterSailfish]

I'm so disappointed in that icy door opening lol. I'm not sure what I was expecting, like him to struggle opening it or all the ice falling off of it, but it just opening like normal wasn't it hahaha. Really interesting video though!

[@andrewinglis264]

the way they packaged the seeds tells a bit about the country's personality

[@captainchadapparelaccessor6556]

"I've traveled 3000 miles to give you my seed!"-Step Brothers

[@Farto126]

I always want to see the inside of this building, thankyou!

[@johna5229]

yeah same. apparently it was one of the places you cant visit

[@MeepMeep88]

It's like Noah's Arc in some way.. But REAL lol

[@okie9025]

Candi Soda im actually a type of swiss cheese

[@MeepMeep88]

***** Hail swiss cheese

[@sharkdavid]

+Candi Soda lol got eeem!

[@Axemang]

ZING!

[@UnloadingMouse]

you just rekt my relegion......

[@thordan1630]

Wonder if they've made a vault that stores the genomes of every animal species on the planet, with the rate of extinction occurring now and the possibility that maybe we can bring them back in the future. Jurassic Park confirmed?

[@matthewisrail]

Wouldn't be a bad idea to try

[@warriorofesper661]

I think they have on, but it is embryos instead of genomes.

[@scotty15002]

pubmed has a huge store of genes and proteins found in different species

[@ncedwards1234]

Every animal? Expensive and pointless. How about the unique ones that have special qualities not in many animals? And why would we want to make them not extinct? Clearly their species wasn't fit to survive if they all died off.

[@Alex-vq8fu]

well 99.9% of all species that have ever lived in earth have gone extinct, so it's not like extinction is a very rare event

[@justincase6542]

I have always wanted to see this place. Thank you!

[@jrjubach]

Sorry, did you say the building is only supposed to last for 200 years?

[@geralferald]

Without matinence im sure they will continue to fix any problems over the years. Plus 200 years is a long time. Thats the U.S. was still just a baby and electricity wouldnt be used for another 100 years

[@RobertMassaioli]

+Jubach That's just what the engineers have guaranteed. But given that most engineers plan for 2x - 3x redundancy I would expect it to last 400-600 years in reality.

[@jrjubach]

Robert Massaioli I see. Very cool (literally). Perhaps the engineers and our bearded host here could've factored that in.

[@ichigo_miruku_qt843]

SPONSORED BY VAULT-TEC: PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE; SURFACE NEVER, VAULT FOREVER

[@jayd5081]

I love how they almost showed us the code to "the worlds most secret room". Lol

[@ovo627]

I've always heard about this place, but I imagined it being more advanced than a bunch of boxes. I guess the database system helps.

[@user-xt7qd9vq3l]

As someone who's a third generation engineer, TRUST me: simple is better. Especially for durability purposes.

[@tekoji]

this video was very chill

[@adaml8527]

That joke was punny. Sorry I mean funny ;) ;) ;)

[@mattl1221]

+Eric Craig such a cool place

[@hektik2074]

Not storing hemp seeds is a bad idea. Hemp can make a LOT trees are cut down for. Clean, and cheap.

[@animalmother556x45]

Did they say they don't have hemp? Hemp is not marijuana.....

[@masonw536]

HëKtik I can assure you there are hemps seeds in there

[@Albanez39]

A horrible mistake. Morning Glory, Peyote, Mimosa Hostilis, Datura, Psilocybin and Ergot spores and lots of other plants or fungi containing psychedelics should be conserved and protected. I guess humans have still a long way to go before they understand the incredible potential psychedelics have, both medically and spiritually.

[@animalmother556x45]

@@Albanez39 You've been reading too many Walter Bishop books...

[@sefk9003]

@@Albanez39 you're absolutely right. I haven't used any sort of drug besides alcohol in 10 years because of my job, but they are making a huge mistake in excluding them. so, so many benefits to mankind. I can just imagine the world trying to rebuild itself and someone saying, "and of course these dumb fucks left out the most important seeds, now what"

[@MexieMex]

Rather curious about the cannabis seed ban. Yea, it /can/ be used as a recreational drug, but that is far from it's only use, in fact the point could be argued that just the non-drug related aspects of the plant could outweigh a huge percentage of the usefulness of other seeds stored there.

[@ColtaineCrows]

+Mexie Mex Norway is pretty conservative about anything you can use to get "inebriated" in some fashion. Hell, I'm not that old and I remember having to go to special shops just to get beer, never mind getting anything stronger than that.

[@MexieMex]

ColtaineCrows I am aware of that, but there is a difference between being conservative, and potentially causing huge problems just to be conservative ;^>

[@styx85]

They do in fact have some 20000+ cannabis seeds in the vault, most likely industrial hemp.

[@dschonsie]

I'm pretty sure the jamaicans have some "useful" boxes in there. ; )

[@twlight76]

+Mexie Mex I think the Seed Vault is most interested in domesticated food crops only, and none with modern genetic modifications.

[@adammcinnes5615]

I was hoping that you would finish the episode by looking up and showing us some of the seeds that Canada has stored in the vault.

[@Andyt11]

Can you do a video about the LIGO?

[@IamGrimalkin]

+Andy T The Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory Observatory then?

[@Andyt11]

IamGrimalkin whoops

[@126sean]

+Andy T Get a video from LIGO!!

[@quarkyquasar893]

+Lakshan K I agree with this guy :D

[@nicees8]

who dislikes this video? i don't understand.. Thank you always for the anther amazing knowledge and great video!

[@panmei4949]

7:17 His reaction to "it has been bombed" 😂😂😂😂

[@joshmiller6228]

typical Syria smh

[@nigelngai3288]

Derek: :0

[@patriciaschuster1371]

This is fascinating! I had heard about /his place. Thanks to KZbin, we can see so much.

[@antpop1]

And in this corridor you'll see Han & Leia arguing about why he's leaving the Rebels and how she feels about him.

[@packersfan2884]

hahahahahahha

[@LorwynAR]

I want postapocalyptic game or movie where the main mission is to get into this valut and retirieve right seeds. Awesome place. ....Maybe sequel to Metro:Exodus? Artyom needs stuff for his colony :D

[@seadogg0]

that movie ur talking about is the second season of the netflix series "into the night"

[@meinnase]

@@seadogg0 Oh they made a second season? I watched the first and figured theyd have no way to go from where they left of.

[@michaelhope8899]

$9 million? That is around 7.8 million euros or £6.2 million. I think that is superb value for money

[@Hugo-pj4bm]

It isn't much..

[@itzAlchemist]

+Michael Hope $9 million is such a small amount I almost think he misspoke. If that was built by the American government, we would have spent tens if not hundreds of millions for sure. That's crazy cheap if the figure is actually correct.

[@asfandiyar5829]

i thought i misheard him say 9 million since its soo cheap

[@derxer614]

+Michael Hope Did you ever hear how much it costs to build for example a school? A few years ago they built a new school for ~1000 students in my town and it costed about 36 million euros... so that 7.6 mio € (or 9 mio $) really isn't much!

[@marer1000]

+Michael Hope I'm not too knowledgeable about vaults but I've been on tours of data centers and most of those structures are just as big as this vault and cost around that number as well. So structurally it doesn't seem to cost much to build but no doubt the maintenance and security of that place should cost several millions a year.

[@asaadghafoor1957]

The moment she said "The Syria storage cell is Bombed".. Broke my heart. Saving seeds of plants and letting a whole nation come to an end? Nice. Seeds are more valuable than children. May God protect Syria.

[@chipsnmydip]

Stop the famine, end the sanctions and give Syria their illegally US occupied wheat fields back so people can eat.