WHITE FLASHES

An imposing concrete structure peers out from the depths, standing aloft like a lighthouse through the mist over a huge mass of ice. This is the Svalbard Vault, home to the largest collection of seeds on the planet. Its entrance, elegantly covered with a patchwork of mirrored glass and steel, soaks up the midnight sun and delivers a white light show in the middle of nowhere. Flashes of light that can be seen from several miles away and that inspire this new papiroga classic. Bling, bling…