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Exxon Valdez
The night of March 24, 1989 the Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef, just miles from the port of Valdez in Price William Sound. ...
Captain Joseph Hazelwood had previous problems with alcohol, and was under the influence on March 24, 1989, the night the Exxon Valdez ran aground. The ship was filled with 53 million gallons of crude oil at the port of Valdez. ... a week before Easter, the Exxon Valdez ran aground. ... Within a day, the remaining 42 million gallons of oil were transferred to the Exxon Baton Rouge. ... Many of these were sent from Exxon who “vowed to return the sound to its original state. ... There were 10,000 sea otters living in Prince William Sound when the Exxon Valdez ran aground. ...
The Exxon Valdez oil spill caused irreparable damage to the Prince William Sound’s ecosystem.
Approximate Word count = 684
Approximate Pages = 2.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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