1989年3月24日,埃克森·瓦尔迪兹号油轮搁浅在了阿拉斯加威廉王子湾的暗礁上,致使1100万加仑的原油泄漏,造成了美国最严重的油泄漏事件。
On March 24 , 1989 , the nation 's worst oil spill occurred as the supertanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on a reef in Alaska 's Prince William Sound and began leaking 11 million gallons of crude .