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    The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a massive spill that occurred on March 23, 1989 in Prince William Sound, Alaska when the oil tanker Exxon Valdez struck Bligh Reef and spilled nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil. The spill covered over 1,300 square miles and had devastating impacts on the local environment and wildlife, killing hundreds of thousands of sea birds, sea otters, orcas and other animals and damaging the habitats of salmon and other species. It took over 10,000 workers, the military, and four summers of cleanup efforts at a cost of over $2 billion to address the spill's impacts.

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    The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a massive spill that occurred on March 23, 1989 in Prince William Sound, Alaska when the oil tanker Exxon Valdez struck Bligh Reef and spilled nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil. The spill covered over 1,300 square miles and had devastating impacts on the local environment and wildlife, killing hundreds of thousands of sea birds, sea otters, orcas and other animals and damaging the habitats of salmon and other species. It took over 10,000 workers, the military, and four summers of cleanup efforts at a cost of over $2 billion to address the spill's impacts.

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    The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a massive spill that occurred on March 23, 1989 in Prince William Sound, Alaska when the oil tanker Exxon Valdez struck Bligh Reef and spilled nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil. The spill covered over 1,300 square miles and had devastating impacts on the local environment and wildlife, killing hundreds of thousands of sea birds, sea otters, orcas and other animals and damaging the habitats of salmon and other species. It took over 10,000 workers, the military, and four summers of cleanup efforts at a cost of over $2 billion to address the spill's impacts.

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    EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL

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    BY: SOPHIA DUPLIN, SYDNEY


    BRENNAN, AND ELANA GLOVER
    THE SPILL
    • Was a huge oil spill
    • March 23, 1989 at Prince
    William Sound in Alaska
    • Was an accident that
    happened when an oil ship
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    shallow land called Bligh
    Reef
    • Spilled 10.8 million
    gallons, and eventually
    covered 1,300 square
    miles.
    ANIMALS
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    Bald eagles rescued from the spill Birds that died by being infested by oil

    • About 250,000 sea birds died by this spill, trying to clean themselves , and then
    being poisoned
    • About 2,800 sea otters were killed because their bodies would get covered by oil,
    which causes build up in their air bubbles
    • Since this oil spill killer whales have been endangered by the oil entering their
    blowhole
    • Harbor seals, bald eagles, salmon, and small organisms, like plankton, were also
    greatly affected by the spill
    VOLUNTEERS
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    Photograph of the clean up at Prince Workers used high-pressure, hot-water


    William Sound washing to clean up the oiled shoreline

    • Many volunteers helped clean the spill, and save the


    wildlife
    • Took 10,000 workers, 1,000 boats, Navy, and Army to
    clean up the spill
    • Took four summers to clean up the spill
    • Exxon spent $2.1 billion to clean up the spill
    LEVEL OF ECONOMIC
    ACTIVIY
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    • because they are processing the oil and This


    is the second level of economic activity
    • This is second level getting it shipped to go
    to the gas station to be sold

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