Abstract
ABSTRACT When a bulk grain carrier ran aground in early winter in Alaska's remote Shumagin Islands, a number of public and private organizations worked together to free the vessel and protect the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. The potential for resource damage arose from the real threat of a major oil spill and the possible presence of rats, which could escape and infest nearby islands. Severe weather and logistical difficulties hampered the response effort, but the ship was freed in ten days, and most of the cargo was later salvaged. What little oil leaked from the ship dissipated within 1,000 yards of the discharge point. Nothing got ashore. No rats were sighted.
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