Exxon Valdez was the largest spill in US waters until Deepwater Horizon oil spill, with approximately 11 million gallons of crude oil, but some environmentalist believe it could be upwards of around 38 million gallons of oil. The oil tanker ran aground after unfortunate circumstances of trying to avoid ice bergs. The tanker that was meant for Long Beach, California went aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska. This remote area became one of the biggest human caused natural disasters with oil covering roughly 1,300 miles of shoreline, with about 200 miles were heavily affected. The clean up efforts were difficult with the location being secluded, response efforts were forced totake a helicopter, plane, or boat in order to cleanup.
The oil
The oil