The Exxon Valdez: Alaska’s Environmental Armageddon
Check out Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/GEOGRAPHICS for 10% off on your first purchase. → Subscribe for new videos two times per week. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw?sub_confirmation=1 Our sister channels: Biographics - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ TopTenz - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ-hpFPF4nOKoKPEAZM_THw/ This video is #sponsored by Squarespace. Source/Further reading: History, overview: https://www.history.com/topics/1980s/exxon-valdez-oil-spill Britannica, overview: https://www.britannica.com/event/Exxon-Valdez-oil-spill Official 1990 Report from the Oil Spill Trustee Council, including timeline: https://evostc.state.ak.us/oil-spill-facts/details-about-the-accident/ DW, a Long, Painful Recovery: https://www.dw.com/en/exxon-valdez-oil-spill-a-long-painful-recovery/a-17515818 National Geographic, how Exxon Valdez changed the industry: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/03/oil-spills-30-years-after-exxon-valdez/ History, Exxon Valdez captain’s conviction overturned: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-exxon-valdez-captains-conviction-is-overturned Profile of Captain Hazelwood: https://www.outsideonline.com/1920631/captain-went-down-ship Fate of the Exxon Valdez ship: https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/oil-and-chemical-spills/significant-incidents/exxon-valdez-oil-spill/after-big-spill-what-happened-s Mental trauma: https://www.npr.org/2010/12/01/131694848/bp-spill-psychological-scars-similar-to-exxon-valdez
