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The supertanker
bound for Long Beach, California, ran aground
about 22 miles south of Valdez early Friday morning
after loading a cargo of one and a quarter million barrels
from the Alaska pipeline. Oil poured into the sound
at the rate of 20,000 gallons an hour for 12 hours. Exxon acknowledges
that the Valdez detoured into treacherous water. The Coast Guard says
the captain was trying to avoid large chunks
of ice known as growlers
bound for Long Beach, California, ran aground
about 22 miles south of Valdez early Friday morning
after loading a cargo of one and a quarter million barrels
from the Alaska pipeline. Oil poured into the sound
at the rate of 20,000 gallons an hour for 12 hours. Exxon acknowledges
that the Valdez detoured into treacherous water. The Coast Guard says
the captain was trying to avoid large chunks
of ice known as growlers
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The supertanker
bound for Long Beach,
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California, ran aground
about 22 miles south of Valdez
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early Friday morning
after loading a cargo of one
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and a quarter million barrels
from the Alaska pipeline.
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Oil poured into the sound
at the rate of 20,000
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gallons an hour for 12 hours.
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Exxon acknowledges
that the Valdez detoured
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into treacherous water.
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The Coast Guard says
the captain was trying
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to avoid large chunks
of ice known as growlers.
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Movie Summary
An exploration of Ted Kaczynski's life in Lincoln, Montana in the years leading up to his arrest as The Unabomber.
