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Exxon Valdez Spill


Earth Explorer
02-01-1995
Case in Point: Lingering Concerns Over the Exxon Valdez Spill

Normally, thousands of sea birds swoop above the cold, clear waters of Prince William Sound. Deer feed along its coasts. Otter and salmon swim there. "Never have we thought it possible for the water to die," said Walter Meganack Sr., an American Indian chief who lives near the sound.

An Oil Spill and What Happened After
But on March 24, 1989, Prince William Sound near Valdez(val-deez), Alaska, was the site of the largest oil tanker spill in U.S. history. One of the great tankers slowly moving out of the sound, Exxon Valdez, ran aground on a reef and spilled 40 million liters (250,000 barrels) of oil ...

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