On 12 December 1999 tanker Erika broke in two about 75km off the coasts of Brittany leaking 20,000 tons of heavy fuel oil into the sea. Two weeks later, the spill was spread by a storm contaminating 400 km of coastline. France’s worst oil disaster killed more than 150,000 seabirds. The 26-member crew was successfully […]
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