GALAPAGOS ISLAND OIL SPILL
Summary
Puerto Baquerizo Moreno on Isla San Cristobal, GALAPAGOS ISLAND (Jan. 21)--Viewed is an oil slick generated by the coastal tanker Jessica. The tanker Jessica is currently listing greater than 45 degrees on it's starboard side. A U. S. Coast Guard pollution response crew sent to the Galapagos Islands pumped between 5,000 to 10,000 gallons of oil out of two tanks aboard the grounded tanker Jessica and into a barge today, but were forced to stop after conditions became too hazardous. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
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Date
21/01/2001
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Defense Visual Information Distribution Service
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