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Oil
spills from the crippled tanker Exxon Valdez the morning it
ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound. March
24, 1989 (Anchorage Daily News / Erik
Hill) |
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| A
pair of tugboats leads the way for the refloated tanker Exxon
Valdez. The tugs are towing the damaged ship toward Naked Island
for repairs. April 5, 1989 (Anchorage
Daily News / Erik Hill) |
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| A
tugboat tows the tanker Exxon Valdez towards Naked Island for
repairs after it is refloated off Bligh Reef. A U.S. Coast Guard
helicopter circles overhead. April 5, 1989 (Anchorage
Daily News / Erik Hill) |
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| Surrounded
by oil containment booms, the smaller Exxon Baton Rouge offloads
oil from the grounded Exxon Valdez in Prince William Sound.
Icebergs dot the water nearby. March 26, 1989 (Anchorage
Daily News / Erik Hill) |
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Foamy
oil sludge washes up on shore at Naked Island in central Prince
William Sound. March 27, 1989 (Anchorage
Daily News / Erik Hill) |
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A
hand drips with oil that has washed on to Smith Island. (Anchorage
Daily News / Erik Hill) |
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| Oil
swirls through Snug Harbor at Knight Island. April 4, 1989
(Anchorage Daily News / Bob Hallinen)
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| A
journalist picks his way along the high-tide line marked by
oil near Discovery Point on Knight Island in Prince William
Sound. April 7, 1989 (Anchorage Daily
News / Erik Hill) |
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Oil
steaks across Herring Bay with the peaks of Knight Island in
the background. The slow migration of the crude oil from the
Exxon Valdez spill continues to spread across Prince William
Sound. April 6, 1989 (Anchorage Daily
News / Bob Hallinen) |
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helicopter pilot John Kennebec looks over an oil-soaked beach
on the north shore of Eleanor Island in Prince William Sound.
March 28, 1989 (Anchorage Daily News
/ Erik Hill) |
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