The Exxon Valdez oil spill
By: Phillip Margulies.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: When disaster strikes!; When disaster strikes! (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Rosen Central
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Exxon Valdez (Ship) -- Juvenile literature; Exxon Valdez (Ship); Oil spills -- Environmental aspects -- Alaska -- Prince William Sound -- Juvenile literatue; Tankers -- Accidents -- Juvenile literature; Oil spills -- Alaska -- Prince William Sound; Tankers -- Accidents
Genres: Juvenile literatue.; Juvenile literature.
Description: Discusses the factors and events that led to the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska, the cleanup effort afterwards, and the longterm consequences of the disaster.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-46) and index.
Table of contents: title: Warnings ignored; title: The grounding of the Exxon Valdez; title: Rescuers; title: The long aftermath.