Avoiding an oil spill (2:41)

Oil Spill Response (main)

Published: August 10, 2010, 12:00 am

Source: National Geographic

Topics:

Oil Spill Response (main) Oil and Society (main)

A typhoon drives a stricken oil tanker into Taiwan's oldest national park - a unique and protected coastline - and salvagers from Titan, one of the world's most experienced salvage companies, work to dislodge it. It's up to a top naval architect to refloat the ship from the rocks without damage to the coastline - and it's a race against Mother Nature to get the job done before another storm strikes.

Read more: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/typhoon-alley-4794/Overview#tab-Overview#ixzz1HXrqubPn

Citation

Carroll, C. (2010). Avoiding an oil spill (2:41). Retrieved from http://editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/Avoiding_an_oil_spill_(2:41)