Steller Sea Lions in Alaska

Steller sea lions sitting on oil covered rocks after Exxon Valdez oil spill, Alaska. One has also fishing net strapped around its neck

Unique identifier: GP0T5V

Type: Image

Shoot date: 30/03/1989

Locations: Alaska, United States of America

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Henk Merjenburgh

Size: 3300px × 2163px 1MB

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Aftermath

Sea 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.

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