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Tag: Alaska

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24th March 1989: Start of the Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster in Alaska’s Prince William Sound

24th March 2020
Tagged as: Alaska, disaster, Environment, Exxon Valdez, Oil, Ship, Wildlife

Exxon Valdez had only recently departed the Valdez Marine Terminal when the captain, Joseph Hazelwood, left Third Mate Gregory Cousins in charge of steering the vessel while he retired to his quarters.

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2nd February 1925: Great Race of Mercy delivers diptheria antitoxin to Nome by dogsled relay

2nd February 2020
Tagged as: Alaska, Diptheria, Disease, Dog, Dogsled, Health, Medicine, Snow, United States

A potential diphtheria epidemic in Alaska was avoided after a dogsled relay transported vials of antitoxin 674 miles in five and a half days in “Great Race of Mercy”.