03-12-2015 02:21 via alaskapublic.org

Grounded Russian oil tanker leaks into Bering Strait

A Russian tanker carrying 200,000 gallons of oil ran aground off an island in the North Pacific over the weekend. As it continues to leak, it resurrects a debate on how safety can be improved in a region where a major wildlife corridor overlaps with a busy shipping through-point.
The tanker struck a reef off the island of Sakhalin during a storm, according to The Siberian Times.
Oiled sea birds. Sakhalin Watch and Club Boomerang.
The vessel been stuck on that r
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