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Keywords
Animal rescue centres
Birds
Coastal features
Day
Disasters
KWCI (GPI)
Marine pollution
Oceans (campaign title)
Oil (fossil fuel)
Oil (Industry)
Oil spills
Oiled beaches
One person
Outdoors
Protective clothing
Rescue
Rocks
Toxics (campaign title)
Greenpeace joined wildlife groups in effort to rescue birds. Milford Haven oil spill.
Greenpeace joined wildlife groups in effort to rescue birds. Milford Haven oil spill.
Unique identifier:
GP0CJP
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
01/02/1996
Locations:
Milford Haven
,
United Kingdom
,
Wales
,
Western Europe
Credit line:
© Greenpeace / David Sims
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)
Containers
Shoot:
Sea Empress Oil Spill in Wales
The Sea Empress was a single-hull oil tanker that ran aground near the southwest coast of Wales in February 1996. The ensuing oil spill affected a considerable area of nearby coastline. Pembrokeshire was suffering for over a year after the incident. Most of the birds in the area died and 200 kilometres of coastline were covered in crude oil. Over the first few days of the disaster an estimated 73,000 tonnes out of the ship's 130,000 tonne cargo of North Sea crude oil spilt onto the surrounding coast, causing a great deal of environmental and aesthetic damage to the coastline and its marine life and wildlife in an area which lies within the protection of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.
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