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USA. Alaska. Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. 

Larry Towell 

With an inebriated Captain Joseph Hazelwood at the helm, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez struck a reef on March 24, 1989, spilling fifty thousand tons of crude oil into Prince William Sound. It caused the greatest environmental disasater of the decade. 

Larry Towell 1989

USA. Cordova, Alaska. 1989. A deer killed by oil ingestion. 

Larry Towell 1989

USA. Prince William Sound, Alaska. 1989. A fish trawler uses... 

Larry Towell 1989

USA. Cordova, Alaska. 1989. Birds killed by the spilled oil.... 

Larry Towell 1989

USA. Prince William Sound, Alaska. 1989. A fisherman and his... 

Larry Towell 1989

USA. Prince William Sound, Alaska. 1989. A fisherman cleans up... 

Larry Towell 1989

USA. Prince William Sound, Alaska. 1989. Crude oil is coralled... 

Larry Towell 1989

USA. Prince William Sound, Alaska. 1989. Pier. 

Larry Towell 1989

USA. Tatitlek, Alaska. 1989. Fred Allen, a native hunter and... 

Larry Towell 1989

USA. Tatitlek, Alaska. 1989. Native children from Tatitlek go... 
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