The oil tanker, Exxon Valdez, ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, on this day in 1989, causing a massive oil spill. Val Kilmer, 'Top Gun' and 'Batman Forever' star ...

Because of Barry Arm’s potential for a catastrophic collapse, the site has received special focus from agencies trying to ...

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 ...

The buoys, some out of service, are cited as examples of how NOAA and its National Weather Service are important to Alaska.

Monday marks the anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill ... 11 million gallons of oil spewed into the picturesque Prince William Sound and in the coming days photos of birds and other wildlife ...

The spill occurred when Exxon Valdez, an oil supertanker ... California, struck Prince William Sound’s Bligh Reef, 6 mi west of Tatitlek, Alaska at 12:04 a.m. The tanker spilled ...

which was 120 kilometres northwest of the epicentre in Prince William Sound. But some of the worst damage came from the tsunamis the earthquake set off down the west coast. The U.S. Geological Survey ...

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