抄録
The BESTCapsule2001 project was proposed for celebration of the dawn of the new Millennium, which preserves biological and environmental specimens collected from the world at the Dome F in Antarctica for more than 1,000 years. The Millennium projects around the world are outlined at first to explain the philosophical background. Significance of the BESTCapsule2001 project is then pointed out in the frame work of the world Millennium. The Dome F is the best location on the earth for natural preservation in freezing condition. The temperature, -58 degree C, is, however, too high to preserve living animal cells for ultra-long period. They can be safely preserved at the bottom of a crater in a polar region of moon.
