A worker holds a handful of oily rocks and beach after Meares Point, Perry lsland was signed off as cleaned February 20, 1990 following the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska. The Exxon Valdez spilled at least 11 million gallons of crude oil into the pristine waters of Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989.

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A worker holds a handful of oily rocks and beach after Meares Point, Perry lsland was signed off as cleaned February 20, 1990 following the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska. The Exxon Valdez spilled at least 11 million gallons of crude oil into the pristine waters of Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989.

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Location: Prince William Sound, Alaska
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