Left to right: The Exxon Valdez, oil-soaked shores and an oil-soaked otter.
Left photo by NOAA, middle and right by ARLIS
Valdez, Alaska
The Trans-Alaska pipeline runs across Alaska from Prudhoe Bay to the port at Valdez. The bay near Valdez was the site of a large oil spill, involving a ship named the "Exxon Valdez", in 1989.