I visited Svalbard's Global Seed Vault, built specifically for doomsday. Follow Johnny for more photos and videos from his travels around the globe for Vox Borders on Facebook at goo.gl/l0x5cA Instagram: goo.gl/CduwlO Subscribe to the Vox Borders newsletter for weekly updates: www.vox.com/borders-email In this video I visited Svalbard's Global Seed Vault, founded by the Crop Trust group in 2008. Over 135,000 genetic deposits have been stored since the vault's opening, to be used at a further date in case crop diversity is threatened due to changing global conditions. The seed vault had its first withdrawal, caused by the war in Syria in 2015, and had minor flooding in May 2017. Vox Borders is a new international series focused on telling the human stories that emerge from lines on the map. Johnny will travel to six border locations to produce a final set of documentaries. While he travels he'll release dispatches on YouTube and Facebook documenting his experiences. Learn more: www.vox.com/borders Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Subscribe to our channel! goo.gl/0bsAjO Check out our full video catalog: goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Twitter: goo.gl/XFrZ5H Or on Facebook: goo.gl/U2g06o

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