Exxon Valdez

The Exxon Valdez was an oil tanker that was set for Long beach, California ,but unfortunately crashed into the Bligh Reef located off the coast of Prince William Sound in Alaska. The Exxon Valdez was the largest spill in the united states until 2010 it was so large that they could not find the exact number of oil that spilled into the waters. They estimated from about 49,000-120,00 gallons of oil spewed into the coast of Alaska. Due to the Exxon Valdez remote location the spill was hard to clean their location was only accessible by plane,boat,or helicopter. To make things even worse the Valdez was not properly equipped with skimmers until 24 hours after the spill. The clean up took three different methods, on method being burning the oil which was a high risk, the second method was skimmers but they were not on board until 24 hrs after the spill. The last technique they used within the spill was a chemical that would eat away at the oil. To sum it all up the Exxon Valdez oil spill was a horrific incident to happen in the Bligh reef affecting many animals and to the extent of even almost extincting the sea otter.