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Shortly after the oil tanker Exxon Valdez crashed onto the rocks in northern Alaska in 1989, volunteers from around the country rushed to help. They paid their own expenses to travel to Alaska. Once they arrived, they braved the freezing Alaskan winter to scrub black, sticky oil off the feathers and fur of shivering birds and mammals. Eleven million gallons of oil had spilled into the ocean. Tugboats hauled away the damaged ship. But the wildlife in the area was stuck, literally. Bald eagles, harbor seals, sea otters, and 1/4 million seabirds coated in oil died right away. Countless birds lost their lives, but the Exxon Valdez oil spill caused many other losses, as well.

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The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a manmade disaster that occurred when Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker owned by the Exxon Shipping Company, spilled 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska’s Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989. It was the worst oil spill in U.S. history until the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. The Exxon Valdez oil slick covered 1,300 miles of coastline and killed hundreds of thousands of seabirds, otters, seals and whales. Nearly 30 years later, pockets of crude oil remain in some locations. After the spill, Exxon Valdez returned to service under a different name, operating for more than two decades as an oil tanker and ore carrier.

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it means that people are present over there who cares for us who loves us and we are never alone there is always a supporting hands behind us so never lose your hope and confidently move ahead to get success in your life.if you make mistakes there are people to make it correct