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From left: Wangari Maathai, Jens Stoltenberg and Jose Manuel Barroso (Image: AP)
The opening of the "fail-safe" vault attracted a number of dignitaries
Leading dignitaries have attended the official opening of a 'doomsday' seed vault built 130m (426ft) inside a mountain on a remote Arctic island.
Norwegian Prime Minister Jen Stoltenberg and Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai placed the first seeds in the depository during the ceremony.
The vault, designed to withstand all natural and human disaster, will house samples of all known food crops.

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault took 12 months and cost £5m to construct.

During the ceremony, Mr Stoltenberg unlocked the vault before being joined by environmental campaigner Ms Maathai to place the first consignment of seeds in the -18C (0F) freezer.
Tunnel to the seed vault (Image: Marie Tefre/GCDT)
When full, the vault will hold 4.5m samples - an estimated two billion seeds - from more than 100 countries around the world.