Prince William Sound
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Prince William Sound is a sound off the Gulf of Alaska on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located on the east side of the Kenai Peninsula. Its largest port is Valdez, at the souther
Prince William Sound was traversed by the 1908 Alexander Alaska Expedition, from the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank
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
Prince William Sound
…The largest tsunami wave was recorded in Shoup Bay, Alaska, with a height of about 220 ft (67 m). On March 24, 1989, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef after leaving Valdez, causing a large oil spill, which resulted in massive damage to the environment, including the killing of around…
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