San Antonio College Library

The Exxon Valdez and Shetland Islands disasters provide constant reminders of the threats that oil tankers pose - both to the fragile environment and to the crew aboard the ships. In Tankers Full of Trouble, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Eric Nalder presents a compelling and sobering account of the men and women who make their living aboard these modern giants, and of a resistant industry confronting economic and social demands for change. With...

Survey and description of the environmental impact of the oil spill from the tanker 'Exxon Valdez ̀in Prince William Sound, Gulf of Alaska, on March 24 1989, and the reaction of Alaska residents and attempts to clean up and to save affected wildlife.