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BAHIA PARAISO incident, Palmer Station, Antarctica, January 1989. The BAHIA PARAISO grounded off the coast of Delaca Island, Antarctica, tearing a 30-foot hole in its double hull.
BAHIA PARAISO incident, Palmer Station, Antarctica, January 1989. The BAHIA PARAISO and cleanup workers.
BAHIA PARAISO incident, Palmer Station, Antarctica, January 1989. Spill responders row towards the grounded BAHIA PARAISO where she sits grounded leaking diesel fuel into a pristine ecological environment.
BAHIA PARAISO incident, Palmer Station, Antarctica, January 1989. Responders head to the BAHIA PARAISO.
BAHIA PARAISO incident, Palmer Station, Antarctica, January 1989. Cleanup workers and their equipment on Delaca Island.
BAHIA PARAISO incident, Palmer Station, Antarctica, January 1989. Cleanup equipment and supplies for the spill.
BAHIA PARAISO incident, Palmer Station, Antarctica, January 1989. The grounded BAHIA PARAISO and cleanup workers.
BAHIA PARAISO incident, Palmer Station, Antarctica, January 1989. As the BAHIA PARAISO sat grounded oil leaked from two separate points in her hull.
BAHIA PARAISO incident, Palmer Station, Antarctica, January 1989. The BAHIA PARAISO ran aground two miles from the U.S. scientific base at Palmer Station, Anatarctica.
BAHIA PARAISO incident, Palmer Station, Antarctica, January 1989. Photograph taken of the grounded Bahia Paraiso at night.
BAHIA PARAISO incident, Palmer Station, Antarctica, January 1989. The BAHIA PARAISO grounded off Delaca Island, Antarctica.
BAHIA PARAISO incident, Palmer Station, Antarctica, January 1989. The grounded BAHIA PARAISO.
BAHIA PARAISO incident, Palmer Station, Antarctica, January 1989. The grounded BAHIA PARAISO.
BAHIA PARAISO incident, Palmer Station, Antarctica, January 1989. Chilean divers sealed two holes in the vessel's fuel tanks to stop the spill.
BAHIA PARAISO incident, Palmer Station, Antarctica, January 1989. The oil spilled formed a slick with a 10 mile radius.
BAHIA PARAISO incident, Palmer Station, Antarctica, January 1989. The BAHIA PARAISO spilled 250,000 gallons of diesel fuel.
BAHIA PARAISO incident, Palmer Station, Antarctica, January 1989. The BAHIA PARAISO grounded in 50 feet of water off the shores of Delaca Island.
BAHIA PARAISO incident, Palmer Station, Antarctica, January 1989. Night image of the grounded BAHIA PARAISO.
BAHIA PARAISO incident, Palmer Station, Antarctica, January 1989. The BAHIA PARAISO.
BAHIA PARAISO incident, Palmer Station, Antarctica, January 1989. The BAHIA PARAISO on her side.
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