Exxon Valdez: Oil Spill

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In the darkness, a giant ship sailed toward an environmental nightmare. The supertanker Exxon Valdez struck a reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound just after midnight on March 24, 1989, spilling eleven million gallons of crude oil. Hundreds of thousands of birds and other animals died. The spill also threatened the livestyle of Native Alaskans as well as the jobs of commercial fishermen. Learn about the causes of this environmental disaster and the subsequent struggle to ...
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In the darkness, a giant ship sailed toward an environmental nightmare. The supertanker Exxon Valdez struck a reef in Alaska's Prince William Sound just after midnight on March 24, 1989, spilling eleven million gallons of crude oil. Hundreds of thousands of birds and other animals died. The spill also threatened the livestyle of Native Alaskans as well as the jobs of commercial fishermen. Learn about the causes of this environmental disaster and the subsequent struggle to restore an endangered wilderness.

Describes the oil tanker Exxon Valdez, the events that led up to its disastrous oil spill in 1989, and the effects of the spill on the Alaskan environment.

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Children's Literature
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill is one in a series of six books on "Environmental Disasters." Bryan introduces us to this disaster through an introduction which explains the cause of the crude oil spill that dumped more than 260,000 thousand barrels of oil into Alaskan waters. It was the largest oil spill in United States history. Although no human lives were lost, hundreds of thousands of sea birds, otters, bald eagles and killer whales died. Fifteen years after the spill, pockets of oil still contaminate the area's shores. The following four chapters go into detail on different aspects of the oil spill. Chapter one talks about the Alaska wilderness and Prince William Sound where the accident occurred in 1989. Chapter two describes the accident caused by human error when the Valdez struck an underwater rock wall. The error opened up the cargo tanks, spilling oil into Prince William Sound. Chapter three examines the damage done to the environment and how Exxon dealt with the clean-up. Chapter four looks at the fate of the ship's captain, Joseph Hazelwood and the Valdez. New laws and protective measurements were put into place to prevent future Environmental Disasters. Also included in the book are many interesting sidebars, time line, glossary, and further information. Good color photographs accompany the text. 2004, World Almanac Library, Ages 10 up.
— Della A. Yannuzzi
School Library Journal
Gr 4-6-Three man-made ecological disasters point up the dangers of modern technology. Danube tells how, in 2000, a cyanide spill spread from Romania to cause devastating fish and wildlife die-offs in four countries. Since cyanide is used for mining gold in many other nations, including the United States, this accident holds implications for other areas. Many of the books written about the Exxon Valdez incident, such as Tom Schouweiler's The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (Lucent, 1991; o.p.), were published before the official end of clean-up efforts. Bryan's work is distinguished by the perspective of more than 10 years and shows some of the long-term effects. Describing the oldest of the three disasters, Love Canal may seem like ancient history to today's students. Yet the author makes clear that thousands of hazardous chemical dumps remain to be cleaned up in the United States. All three volumes include sidebars, charts, color photographs, and bold section headings. The "Further Information" pages list a few books, videos, and Web sites, all without publication dates. A map showing each incident's location is also included. Unfortunately, Love Canal appears in the Watertown area on the map of New York instead of in its actual Niagara Falls location. Report writers may benefit from the perspectives these works provide, since each covers the disaster's causes, effects, solutions, and legal ramifications. The tone is generally nonjudgmental while clearly reporting the damage done.-Ann G. Brouse, Steele Memorial Library, Elmira, NY Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780836855135
  • Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing
  • Publication date: 7/1/2003
  • Series: Environmental Disasters Ser.
  • Pages: 48
  • Age range: 10 years
  • Product dimensions: 7.12 (w) x 10.00 (h) x 0.20 (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Day the Water Died 5
Chapter 1 Power from the Wilderness 10
Chapter 2 Black Waves of Oil 16
Chapter 3 Saving Paradise 23
Chapter 4 "A Part of Us Is Missing" 34
Time Line 44
Glossary 45
For More Information/Web Sites 46
Index 47
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