SEEDS ON ICE: SVALBARD AND THE GLOBAL SEED VAULT

Book ID/图书代码： 07633019C00020

English Summary/英文概要： Closer to the North Pole than to the Arctic Circle, on an island in a remote Norwegian archipelago, lies a vast global seed bank buried within a frozen mountain. At the end of a 130-meter long tunnel chiseled out of solid stone is a room filled with humanity’s precious treasure, the largest and most diverse seed collection ever assembled: more than a half billion seeds containing the world’s most prized crops, a safeguard against catastrophic starvation.

The Global Seed Vault, a visionary model of international collaboration, is the brainchild of Cary Fowler, renowned scientist, conservationist, and biodiversity advocate. In SEEDS ON ICE, Fowler tells for the first time the comprehensive inside story of how the “doomsday seed vault” came to be, while the breathtaking photographs offer a stunning guided tour not only of the private vault, but of the windswept beauty and majesty of Svalbard and the enchanting community of people in Longyearbyen.

With growing evidence that unchecked climate change will seriously undermine food production and threaten the diversity of crops around the world, SEEDS ON ICE offers a personal and passionate reminder that we shouldn’t take our reliance on the world of plants for granted—and that, in a very real sense, the future of the human race rides on this frozen and indispensable biodiversity.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在挪威偏远群岛的一个小岛上，有一个巨大的全球种子库，埋藏在一座冰冻的大山中。在一条130米长的石砌隧道的尽头，是一间摆满了人类宝贵财富的房间，这是迄今为止规模最大、种类最丰富的种子收集点:超过5亿颗种子中含有世界上最珍贵的作物，是抵御灾难性饥荒的保障。

全球种子库是一个富有远见的国际合作模式，是著名科学家、自然资源保护主义者和生物多样性倡导者卡里•弗劳尔的构想。在《冰上种子》里，福勒第一次告诉“世界末日种子库”的全面真相，被风吹的美丽和雄伟的斯瓦尔巴特群岛和迷人的社区以及在朗伊尔城的人。

与越来越多的证据表明,不受气候变化将严重影响粮食生产,威胁世界各地农作物的多样性，在《冰上种子》里提供了个人和热情的提醒，我们不应该依赖的授予和植物的世界，在一个非常真实的意义上说，人类的未来取决于这个冻结和不可或缺的生物多样性。（WYL）

Awards/获奖情况："像其入口处的水晶、光纤雕塑一样，在这个看似寒冷和黑暗的世界里，穹顶是乐观和礼让的灯塔。这是给整个人类家庭的礼物。圣诞老人，北极的邻居，毫无疑问会同意的。”——艾德里安•希金斯，《华盛顿邮报》

About the Author/作者介绍： 卡里•弗劳尔从2005年到2012年担任全球作物多样性信托基金的执行董事。该信托基金的任务是确保“全球粮食安全的农作物多样性的保护和供应”。福勒在斯瓦尔巴群岛全球种子库的创建过程中发挥了重要作用。福勒获得了多个荣誉学位，包括西蒙弗雷泽大学的荣誉法学博士学位，以及罗兹学院的荣誉人文学科博士学位。1985年，他和帕特•穆尼一起获得了“正确生计奖”，以表彰他在农业和生物多样性保护方面的工作。福勒还获得了俄罗斯农业科学院颁发的瓦维洛夫奖章。2010年，他是第16届亨氏奖(特别关注全球变化)的十位获奖者之一。2012年，他和妻子艾米•戈德曼在贝蒂•米德勒的年度“胡拉温”派对上，共同获得了“我翅膀下的风”奖。他是2013年罗兹学院毕业典礼的学士学位演讲者，并获得了2015年密苏里植物园颁发的威廉•布朗遗传资源保护优秀奖。彼得•克兰爵士现任康涅狄格州纽黑文耶鲁大学森林与环境学院院长。他是伦敦皇家植物园的前任园长。自2002年以来，他是英国皇家学会院士、美国国家科学院外籍院士和瑞典皇家科学院外籍院士。他于2004年6月12日获颁授爵士爵位。玛丽•特菲尔是一位挪威摄影师，她最出名的作品是《XLTV》(1998)、《时间的种子》(2013)和《种子战士》(2010)。2003年，她搬到斯瓦尔巴特群岛，在世界最北部的朗伊尔城从事文化制作和儿童工作。她开始拍摄斯瓦尔巴特群岛的自然、社会和野生动物。她为国际媒体提供了2004年至2013年期间来自北极的壮观画面和电视资料。现在她回到奥斯陆，在挪威广播公司阿基蒂姆从事活动制作。吉姆•理查森，国家地理杂志摄影师，《旅行者》杂志特约编辑。理查森为《国家地理》杂志拍摄了30多个故事。理查森的作品带他环游世界，从火山顶峰到沼泽和湿地的表面下。美国广播公司晚间新闻通过跟踪理查森在实地和华盛顿特区的国家地理学会总部的活动，报道了国家地理杂志的长期工作过程

Cary Fowler served as the Executive Director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust from 2005 to 2012. The trust’s mandate is to ensure "the conservation and availability of crop diversity for food security worldwide." Fowler was influential in the creation of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Fowler has received several honorary degrees, including an Honorary Doctorate of Law degree from Simon Fraser University, and an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities degree from Rhodes College. He received the Right Livelihood Award with Pat Mooney in 1985 for his work in agriculture and the preservation of biodiversity. Fowler has also received the Vavilov Medal from the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences. In 2010, he was one of ten recipients of the 16th Heinz Awards (with special focus on global change). In 2012, he was awarded the "Wind Beneath my Wings" award jointly with his wife Amy P. Goldman at Bette Midler’s annual "Hulaween" party. He was the baccalaureate speaker at the 2013 Rhodes College commencement ceremonies and received the 2015 William L. Brown Award for Excellence in Genetic Resource Conservation from the Missouri Botanical Garden. Sir Peter Crane is currently the dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. He is the former Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London.

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