This trilingual book offers a unique glimpse into three inaccessible vaults in Svalbard: the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, the Nordic Gene Bank's ‘Frøyhall’ in Coal Mine 3, and the Arctic World Archive. These archives, hidden deep within the Arctic mountains, are dedicated to protecting food biodiversity and human heritage, with the promise to remain intact for hundreds of years.

Don't miss this opportunity to delve into this essential subject!

OVERVIEW

This book offers a unique glimpse into three inaccessible vaults in Svalbard: the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, the Nordic Gene Bank's ‘Frøyhall’ in Coal Mine 3, and the Arctic World Archive. These archives, hidden deep within the Arctic mountains, are dedicated to protecting food biodiversity and human heritage, with the promise to remain intact for hundreds of years.

In FROZEN HERITAGE we take you behind the scenes of the world’s most extreme and least accessible repositories. We discuss the increasing risks of losing biodiversity in food crops and cultural heritage, and how the collection and storage of seeds and heritage can help us prepare for unforeseen threats.

This trilingual book aims not only to provide a rare glimpse into these inaccessible vaults but also to raise awareness about biodiversity loss and endangered human heritage.

GET ONE OF THE 50 SPECIAL EDITIONS

There are only 50 Special Editions, these include:

- a signed and numbered book
- a numbered Art Photo (A4-format, choice of 5 photos)
- a handwritten card
- a bottle of crop seeds
- photography gloves
- a design bookend
- an original sample of Piql film (as used in the Arctic World Archive)

...all in a beautiful box!

THREE EXCEPTIONAL INTRODUCTIONS

• Introduction by H.E. Dr. Hilda C. Heine, President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands 

• Introduction by Dr. Kent Nnadozie, Secretary of the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (United Nations)

• Introduction by Sandrine Dixon Declève, Co-President of the Club of Rome

Those responsible for the three Vaults also wrote a foreword:

• Stefan Schmitz, Executive Director of the CropTrust 

• Lise Lykke Steffensen, Managing Director of The Nordic Genetic Resource Centre (NordGen)

• Rune Bjerkestrand and Katrine Loen, Founders of the Arctic World Archive

SPECIFICATIONS

This book is 100% European and completely carbon neutral.
Hardcover art book, 400 pages, 24 x 31 cm (spine: 4 cm)
Languages: English, Français, Nederlands
Paper: Arctic Volume White (coated) & Papyrus Rainbow Black (uncoated)

There are 3 chapters in the book, each containing an introductory text followed by images. The text pages are printed with white ink on uncoated black paper, and the images are printed in color on coated white paper.

The hardcover is clad in white suede, embossed with a deep impression for the title, and finished with a black headband. The book is finished and trimmed in a "stair-step" format. Each chapter is 1 cm narrower than the next, creating a literal descent through the book. Since the book has a white cover but black text pages at the beginning of each chapter, you get a white 'outside' and black 'inside' of the book, much like the Arctic Vaults.

ISBN: 9789464989847

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[This book is 100% European and completely carbon neutral. Languages: English/French/Dutch, 400 pages, hardcover art book © 2024].