06
Jun
Death of a ship: The world’s most infamous ship, the Exxon Valdez set a final course to India to be dismantled. (Photo courtesy of the United States Coast Guard)
In 1989, the Exxon Valdez ran aground and dumped 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska’s Prince William Sound. Since then, the ship has been repaired, sold and renamed more than a half dozen times and now finally, it’s headed for the scrap heap — but still not without controversy. Environmentalists in India have gone to court to stop the ship’s dismantling there. More.
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