Nearly 11,000,000 gallons of crude oil were dispersed when the exxon valdez ran aground, polluting 1,300 miles of alaskan shoreline and causing the extermination of much native wildlife. The exxon valdez oil spill was a major environmental disaster that occurred in alaska 's prince william sound on march 24, 1989 The spill occurred when exxon valdez, an oil supertanker owned by exxon shipping company, bound for long beach, california, struck prince william sound 's bligh reef, 6 mi (9.7 km) west of tatitlek, alaska at 12:04 a.m The tanker spilled more than 10 million us. Many serious impacts from the exxon valdez oil spill still linger, 25 years later Three emergency responders with international bird rescue, a wildlife relief organization specializing in oiled bird care, sat down to share their experiences surrounding the spill that changed everything.
A sea otter, an animal found along the pacific coasts of north american and northeast asia, swims in kelp Otters were exposed to lingering oil in beach sediments after the 1989 exxon valdez oil. Exxon valdez oil spill facts on march 23, 1989, at 9:12 pm the exxon valdez oil tanker left the alyeska pipeline to cross prince william sound carrying approximately 53 million gallons of crude oil The tanker was headed for long beach, california.
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