Actually this is to safeguard against the worse of disasters like an asteroid hitting earth and perhaps all of our technology is wiped out... the reason they put in such a cold place is because a lot of seeds will not be viable without being refrigerated and in such cold places it's naturally cold so we don't need electricity.
But my question would be, would the survivors know of such a remote place and be able to reach it in the first place...
also, i think this ensures that a lot of plant species are also saved and not wiped out....
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