A pair of tugboats leads the way for the refloated tanker Exxon Valdez. The tugs are towing the damaged ship toward Naked Island for repairs. A tugboat tows the tanker Exxon Valdez towards Naked Island for repairs after it is refloated off Bligh Reef. A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter circles overhead.
Icebergs dot the water nearby.
Foamy oil sludge washes up on shore at Naked Island in central Prince William Sound. A hand drips with oil that has washed on to Smith Island. Oil swirls through Snug Harbor at Knight Island. A journalist picks his way along the high-tide line marked by oil near Discovery Point on Knight Island in Prince William Sound. Oil steaks across Herring Bay with the peaks of Knight Island in the background.