From Martin Garrod
You report that a seed bank is being built in Spitsbergen, Norway, to “allow the world to reconstruct agriculture on this planet” in a post-nuclear world (14 January, p 12). Assuming that post-nuclear people can make their way across lands laid waste by nuclear devastation to reach Spitsbergen – which is not easily accessible even now – and assuming that the key will not be under the doormat, how exactly do they get into this vault with metre-thick walls and high-security blast-proof doors?
Southsea, Hampshire, UK
