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...officer with the World Wide Fund for Nature. "This is a horrible disaster: a toxic cloud of chemicals is spreading through the water." At first the area around Fitful Head was fouled by the oil. Birds such as the shag and the great northern diver became coated with crude and died. Whipped up by the 90-m.p.h. winds, an oily mist spread over the southern end of the Shetlands' main island, coating crops and flocks of sheep as well as people. Fish and other sea life were found dead on the beaches...
...RELENTLESS DAYS, HUGE waves and strong winds mercilessly pounded the oil tanker Braer, grounded on the rocks of Fitful Head in the unspoiled Shetland Islands. Bit by bit, the cargo of 26 million gal. of Norwegian light crude leaked into the sea, turning it chocolate brown. On the seventh day, the pounding caused spouts of oil to gush spasmodically from deck hatches, making the tanker look like some pitiful beached whale blowing black blood in the throes of death. The following day the ship did die, splitting into at least three pieces and releasing all its remaining oil into...
...firm, ran aground Tuesday after its engines failed during a storm. A few hours before the ship hit the rocks, helicopters took the crew off, so no one was aboard to secure a line to a rescue tug. As rough seas kept salvors from pumping off the remaining crude, the slick threatened to kill thousands of birds. The Braer's operator, Bergvall & Hudner, said its $700 million in insurance will cover damage claims...
...cast and crew are entirely equal to the challenge of such an over-indulgent tale. They revel in the play. Modern productions of hardcore Elizabethan shlock tend to degenerate into a protracted joke at the expense of the crude plot. But Skin and Bone avoids this temptation. Rather than 100 minutes of dreary self-parody, the production flings itself into the play with gay abandon. Of course it still appears garish, over-the-top, even absurd; but it is not cast as simply worthless. The distinction may seem subtle, but it makes the difference between a snide exercise in self...
...TANKER AEGEAN SEA NEVER MADE PORT. Loaded with nearly 24 million gal. of North Sea crude, struggling in heavy seas, the Greek-registered vessel foundered on rocks near the entrance to the Spanish port of La Coruna and began leaking from at least two of its nine tanks. As a series of explosions tore through the ship, sinking its bow and adding to the sludgy deluge, rescuers evacuated all of the 29-member crew by helicopter. The accident occurred at almost the exact spot along the northwest shore, nicknamed the "Coast of Death" for its toll on sea traffic over...