(It’s also pretty amazing The Governor of Svalbard, Norwegian Food Safety Authority, and who knows how many other official agencies approved the permitting process so quickly. ![]() “As an added precaution, the Oreo packs are wrapped in mylar, which can withstand temperatures from -80 degrees to 300 degrees Fahrenheit and is impervious to chemical reactions, moisture and air, keeping the cookies fresh and protected for years to come,” the parent company said in a prepared statement. Photo courtesy of Mondelez International.From there it’s back to his corporate office where he and others have only brief time to design a model before returning to Svalbard to construct a concrete bunker where, amazingly, the specially-packaged deposit of Oreos is far more protective than what’s in the seed and data vaults. Markus Thorland, right, and an uncredited assistant (who describes him as quite cookie capable) work on a model of the Oreo Vault just a few weeks before the full facility is built. ![]() “If the asteroid hots lower in the water that will be safer for sure.” “Our spot’s better (than the seed vault) because it’s higher,” he says. The scout, Markus Thorland, described as the project manager and a designer for Johansdøtter Architecture, targets a vacant spot above the vault in the direction of Mine 3 (where there’s yet another “doomsday vault” for data). ![]() 10, scouting an ideal location for a sweeter facility. The video opens with a scout outside the “real vault”on Oct. “We built the Global OREO Vault into the permafrost of Svalbard, Norway with only one purpose: To make sure OREO cookies live on for generations to come.” “Although we were told asteroid 2018VP1 had virtually no chance of hitting earth, we couldn’t be sure,” the company states in an overview of the five-minute video. 3 tweet by “cookie fan” Olivia Gordon fretting “so apparently there’s an asteroid coming close to earth soon…I wonder who will save the Oreos?” So the parent company of Oreos, Mondelez International, set out weeks ago to construct a safeguard sanctuary following an Oct. There is a 0.41 percent possibility of it entering the planet’s atmosphere, at which point it would supposedly disintegrate harmlessly – but, then again, countless millions are saying Trump’s going to be reelected no matter how bad the polls by those “numbers experts” get. Image courtesy of Mondelez International.Actual scientists (the types who believe in things like climate change and wearing masks, so take it with what inherent bias you will) say a chunk of space rock known as Asteroid 2018 VP1 is scheduled to graze Earth on Nov. The new Oreo doomsday vault opened Friday at 78☀8’58.1″N, 16☀1’59.7″E, “down the road from the seed vault.” If you don’t see it in this last weekend of sunlight before the dark season maybe you’re just on a sugar high. However, it seems the caring corporate makers Oreos are riding to the rescue just in time, claiming in a YouTube video posted Friday they have built a new vault just for the chocolate sandwich cookies “down the road from the seed vault.” It’s not merely that an asteroid might strike Earth (OK, that’d be pretty bad), but there’d be no desert after eating the replanted beans, rice and other wholesome foods safely housed in the Doomsday Vault. Those outside the United States thinking they have nothing to fear from an Election Day apocalypse are oh-so-wrong on a global scale. In NATO’s new north, fresh chances to contain Moscow.Urban Alaska can learn from energy innovation in rural Alaska.In Alaska, Tribal Governments Push for Larger Conservation Role.Study says recovery of Cook Inlet belugas is seen as economically valuable.Moscow expels nine Finnish diplomates in retaliation move, closing St.Sweltering weather has left swaths of the US baking.Disruptive protest helps rather than hinders activists’ cause, experts say.Keir Starmer accused of ‘wavering on climate commitments’.Shipping emissions levy delayed but goals for greenhouse gas cuts agreed.Climate crisis is 'out of control', says UN after world's hottest week – video. ![]() Arctic Squirrels Have a Climate Change Problem.Your Thursday Briefing: ‘False Alarm’ in South Korea.Climate Change and Russia Spell Trouble for NATO Up North.Canadian Military and Inuit Rangers Work to Defend Arctic Territory.A Summer Without Arctic Sea Ice Could Come a Decade Sooner Than Expected.Regulations Relating to Pollution and Waste in Svalbard.The Norwegian Government plans to increase national security, especially in the North.Maria Jensen has been awarded as ” Excellent Teaching Practitioner”.Arctic technology joins a new project for renewable energy.Two excellent papers from the UNIS geology team.UNIS to lead two new UArctic network projects!.Svea – a window of opportunity for Unis.Download PDF (18.9MB) by clicking cover image UNIS News
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