![]() ![]() It is situated in a safe place,” property manager Bente Naeverdal told Time of Svalbard’s admittedly high suitability for such a project. The Oreo Doomsday Vault shown in the video looks like a small Doomsday Seed Vault, except that it stores mainly various types of Oreo sandwich cookies. The Global Oreo Vault project was spurred into life when cookie fan Olivia Gordon asked Oreo on twitter what they would do if Asteroid 2018 VPI – which had a 0.41% of hitting the earth on Election Day – collided with the planet. The Doomsday Seed Vault is a non-profit global plant genetic repository established by the Norwegian government in 2008 on the island of Svalbard, the world’s largest seed. This 2020 Clio Awards Silver winning entry titled The OREO Doomsday Vault was entered for Oreo by the community, Miami. Turns out they had a pretty emphatic answer.Īs if the Doomsday vault wasn’t enough, Oreo had gone to even further lengths to protect its contents: “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” they said in a statement. Last Monday planetary astronomer Michael Busch posted and update on Twitter to confirm that: “There was apparently nothing on the infrasound and atmospheric flash monitors today. “2018 VP1 has, as expected, flown past Earth.”ĭisappointing news for Oreo, we suppose, although it does mean they have a readymade Doomsday vault should anything else pressing arrive to threaten the very existence of their cookies – and to less importance, humankind.
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