This sunken barge leaked oil for 26 years. Then crews raised it from the depths
The Irving Whale, a sunken oil barge that leaked toxic oil and chemicals for 26 years, was successfully raised from the Gulf of St. Lawrence in 1996. The successful recovery operation serves as a blueprint for addressing the thousands of deteriorating shipwrecks currently posing environmental threats worldwide.
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