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Crude Oil

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When the Exxon Valdez spilled its load on a reef in March 1989, about 40,000 tons of crude oil escaped and polluted the Prince William Sound. It is estimated that of seabirds alone, more than a quarter of a million were killed in the spill. Two thousand kilometers of coast were polluted with oil.

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Photo by E. Gundlach

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