The Exxon Valdez oil tanker, owned by ExxonMobil, ran aground off Alaska's coast on March 24, 1989, spilling 50,000 tons of oil into the environment, causing one of the world's largest man-made ecological disasters.
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
The catastrophic Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska unfolds, highlighting the heroic efforts to mitigate the devastating ecological and economic consequences.
