"Rather than going immediately to the Arctic seed vault, you would think that it would make more sense to have seed vaults a little more convenient"
Reliability over convenience?
Reliability over convenience?
Which reminds me, I should test our backups again...
The whole point of having an Artic seed vault is passive failsafe: "Even if the power were to fail, the vault would stay frozen and sealed for at least 200 years."
As a nice benefit, since it's passive failsafe, it's also cheap to maintain.