The Svalbard Global Seed Vault will open officially on 26 February 2008. Approximately 1.5 million distinct seed samples of agricultural crops are thought to exist. The variety and volume of seeds stored will depend on the number of countries participating. But the facility has a capacity to conserve 4.5 million. The first seeds arrived in January 2008.

AS you recall Svalbard is an archipelago located in the North Atlantic.... Hmmm with global warming coming, won't it be UNDER WATE*R? *vbg