Exxon Valdez oil spill
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The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a major environmental disaster that occurred in Alaska's Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989. The spill occurred when Exxon Valdez, an oil supertanker owned by Exxon
The Exxon Valdez offloading oil to the Exxon Baton Rouge as oil leaks into the surrounding waters
The Exxon Valdez a few hours after it was grounded.
During the first few days of the spill, heavy sheens of oil covered large areas of the surface of Prince William Sound.
Beginning three days after the vessel grounded, a storm pushed large quantities of fresh oil onto the rocky shores of many of the beaches in the Knight Island chain. In this photograph, pooled black oil is shown stranded in the rocks
Exxon Valdez
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Exxon Valdez was an oil tanker that gained notoriety after running aground in Prince William Sound, spilling its cargo of crude oil into the sea. On 24 March 1989, while owned by the former Exxon Ship
Exxon Valdez oil spill
…The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a major environmental disaster that occurred in Alaska's Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989. The spill occurred when Exxon Valdez, an oil supertanker owned by Exxon Shipping Company, bound for Long Beach, California, struck Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef, 6 mi (9.7 km) west of…
Exxon Valdez at Prince William Sound in 1989, 3 days after the spill began