Red Light to Starboard: Recalling the "Exxon Valdez" Disaster

by Angela Day

Book Overview

Minutes before supertanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef, before rocks ripped a huge hole in her hull and a geyser of crude oil darkened Prince William Sound's pristine waters, the ship's lookout burst through the chart room door. "That light, sir, it's still on the starboard side. It should be to port, sir." Her frantic words were merely the last in a litany of futile warnings.

The parade of ultimately unkept promises began...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874223180
• ISBN13: 9780874223187
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Washington State University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up