FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - On March 24 of 1989, the supertanker Exxon Valdez struck the Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound. Over the next few days it spilled 10.8 million gallons of crude oil into ...

Congress authorized the construction of the 800-mi/1,287-km Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline with its southern terminus located in Valdez. On 24 March 1989, the tanker Exxon Valdez struck Bligh Reef in ...