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Exxon Valdez : how a massive oil spill triggered an environmental catastrophe / by Michael Burgan ; content advisor, Michael Wert, PhD, Associate Professor of History, Marquette University.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Captured history. Science.Publisher: North Mankato, Minnesota : Compass Point Books, a Capstone imprint, [2018]Description: 64 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780756557430
  • 0756557437
  • 9780756557478
  • 075655747X
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The big one comes -- Alaska and its oil -- The slow cleanup -- Aftermath of a disaster.
Summary: "The biggest oil spill in U.S. history polluted the pristine waters of Alaska decades ago and killed thousands of birds, mammals, and fish. It still haunts the people who are living with its aftermath. On Good Friday 1989, the huge oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, spilling millions of crude oil into the water -- oil that would eventually cover more than 1,000 miles of shoreline. Cleanup began immediately but there is still oil in the sound and Alaskans say life will never be the same."--Back cover.
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Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 363.7382 B954 Available 33111009280096
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The biggest oil spill in U.S. history that polluted the pristine waters of Alaska decades ago and killed thousands of birds, mammals, and fish, still haunts the people who are living with its aftermath. On Good Friday 1989, the huge oil tanker, Exxon Valdez, ran aground in Prince William Sound, spilling millions of gallons of crude oil into the water-oil that would eventually cover more than 1,000 miles of shoreline. Cleanup began immediately but there is still oil in the sound and Alaskans say life will never be the same.

Age 10-14.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The big one comes -- Alaska and its oil -- The slow cleanup -- Aftermath of a disaster.

"The biggest oil spill in U.S. history polluted the pristine waters of Alaska decades ago and killed thousands of birds, mammals, and fish. It still haunts the people who are living with its aftermath. On Good Friday 1989, the huge oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, spilling millions of crude oil into the water -- oil that would eventually cover more than 1,000 miles of shoreline. Cleanup began immediately but there is still oil in the sound and Alaskans say life will never be the same."--Back cover.

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