PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND, Alaska (WCSC) — The nation’s largest tanker oil spill took place in Prince William Sound, Alaska on March 24, 1989. The Exxon Valdez was carrying more than 1.2 million barrels of ...
On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker grounded on Bligh Reef and over 11 million gallons of crude oil spilled into the pristine waters of Alaska’s Prince William Sound and beyond. Seattle ...
A sheen of oil spreads into Prince William Sound from the grounded Exxon Valdez tanker on March 24, 1989. In the decades since the spill, which was the nation's worst until the 2010 Deepwater Horizon ...
Thirty-seven years ago the Exxon Valdez tanker grounded in Prince William Sound and spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil in what was for decades the nation’s worst oil spill. Now, state ...