ANCHORAGE — It was just after midnight on March 24, 1989, when an Exxon Shipping Co. tanker ran aground outside the town of Valdez, Alaska, spewing millions of gallons of thick, toxic crude oil ...

TATITLEK, Alaska — It was a few minutes after midnight when the big ship fetched up on Bligh Reef in the icy waters of Prince William Sound. And even today, nearing the 10th anniversary of one ...

Exxon Valdez, a 987-foot tanker loaded with 53 million gallons of crude oil, slammed into Alaska’s Bligh Reef just after midnight on March 24, 1989. The accident, as noted by the Exxon Valdez ...

Twenty-five years ago on March 24, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez slammed into Bligh Reef and spilled more than 11 million gallons of crude oil into the cold, clear waters of Alaska’s Prince ...

Impact Link At 12:04 am on March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker struck the Bligh Reef, less than 2 miles off the coast of Alaska. In the remote waters of the Gulf of Alaska, the tanker ...

The 986-foot Exxon Valdez tanker was bound for California when it struck Alaska’s Bligh Reef at 12:04 a.m. It spilled 11 million gallons (42 million liters) of crude oil, which storms and ...

The Exxon Valdez crashed on Alaska’s Bligh Reef on March 24, 1989, pumping roughly 11 million gallons of oil into Prince William Sound. An organization tasked with assessing the crash’s impact ...

VALDEZ, Alaska, Dec. 26 (UPI ... the day after the vessel ran aground on the notorious Bligh Reef. The Daily News said the discovery of the second sheen had temporarily halted the lightening ...

In 1989, the tanker Exxon Valdez grounded on Bligh Reef, Alaska resulting in the spill of more than 11 million gallons of oil into Prince William Sound. The resulting ecological disaster ...

The Exxon Valdez, a 987-foot tanker, grounded itself on Alaska’s Bligh Reef at 12:04 a.m. on March 24, 1989, spewing nearly 11 million gallons of oil into the rich fishing waters of Prince ...

In 1989, the Exxon Valdez supertanker ran aground on Bligh Reef, dumping 40 million liters ... crude oil from the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska, this Volkswagen Beetle–sized boulder boasted ...

The Exxon Valdez (pronounced val-DEEZ) ran aground on Alaska’s Bligh Reef a few minutes after midnight on March 24, 1989. “Evidently we’re leaking some oil and we’re going to be here for ...