Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Clean-up-after-Exxon-Valdez-Oil-Spill-27MZIFKJVQX.htmlConceptually similarClean up after Exxon Valdez Oil SpillGP011RCCompleted★★★★Biologists examining Alaskan ShorelineGP0164ZCompleted★★★★Exxon Valdez in AlaskaGP0STO9HCCompleted★★★★Steller Sea Lions in AlaskaGP0RJECompleted★★★★★★Steller Sea Lions in AlaskaGP0B32Completed★★★★★★Oil from Oil Spill in AlaskaGP0STO9GOCompleted★★★★Exxon Valdez Oil Spill CleanupGP02D61Completed★★★★Exxon Valdez Oil Spill CleanupGP02D62Completed★★★★Seals in AlaskaGP0STO9HGCompleted★★★★View AllGP0NKJClean up after Exxon Valdez Oil SpillClean up after Exxon Valdez oil spill using hot & cold water jets, AlaskaLocations:Alaska-United States of AmericaDate:30 Mar, 1989Credit:© Greenpeace / Henk MerjenburghMaximum size:3072px X 2048pxKeywords:Cleaning-Coastal features-Day-Disasters-ExxonMobil (Esso)-KWCI (GPI)-Marine pollution-Oceans (campaign title)-Oil (fossil fuel)-Oil (Industry)-Oil spills-Outdoors-Small group of people-Toxics (campaign title)-Water hosesShoot:Exxon Valdez Oil Spill AftermathSea lions, whales (Orca and Humpback) and seabirds in the Gulf of Alaska after the oil spill disaster of the Exxon Valdez. Shots include clean up operations.The Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground in Prince William Sound spilling hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude oil in Alaska. On March 24, 1989, while owned by the former Exxon Shipping Company, and captained by Joseph Hazelwood bound for Long Beach, California, the vessel ran aground on the Bligh Reef resulting in the second largest oil spill in United States history. The size of the spill is estimated at 40,900 to 120,000 m3 (10,800,000 to 32,000,000 USgal), or 257,000 to 750,000 barrels. In 1989, Exxon Valdez oil spill was listed as the 54th largest spill in history.Related Collections:Exxon Valdez 25th Anniversary (Photos & Videos)Exxon Valdex Oil Spill Aftermath (Photos & Videos)
