This week marks the anniversary of the Exxon Valdez spill, which shocked the US public with images of oil-covered Alaskan ...

On March 24, 1989, the supertanker Exxon Valdez (vahl-DEEZ’) ran aground on a reef in Alaska’s Prince William Sound and began ...

March 24 is a significant day in history. Oil tanker Exxon Valdez, operated by Exxon Shipping Company, ran around on a reef ...

The spill occurred when Exxon Valdez, an oil supertanker owned by Exxon Shipping Company, bound for Long Beach, California, ...

The buoys are cited as examples of how the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its National Weather Service ...

Valdez is located on the northeast corner of Prince William Sound. It is connected to the rest of Alaska by the Richardson Highway. The tallest coastal mountains in North America rise there from ...

Travelling in Alaska — the US’s final frontier — can feel like jumping through a wormhole. Time here is marked not by the clock, but by the changing of the seasons. Though cruising is a popular way to ...

It is at Hinchinbrook Entrance, the passageway between islands that connects Prince William Sound to the wider Gulf of Alaska. The area from Hinchinbrook Entrance to the Valdez terminal – which ...

A jury in Alaska found Joe Hazelwood, captain of the Valdez, not guilty of operating ... It departed the Alyeska Pipeline to cross Prince William Sound at around 9 p.m. on March 23, according ...