Oiled Birds after Oil Spill in Germany

Oiled birds at the beach of North Sea island Amrum, which died because of the Pallas oil spill. The ‘Pallas’ lost about 244 tonnes of fuel oil and oil sludge and the environmental consequences were enormous; 26,000 birds were oiled of which at least 16,000 died .

In original language:

Hilfsaktion nach Pallas Oelkatastrophe

Veroelte Voegel, die in Folge des Pallas-Ungluecks verendet sind, liegen in einem Behaelter.

Unique identifier: GP02T8N

Type: Image

Shoot date: 11/11/1998

Locations: Alpine Countries, Amrum, Germany, North Sea

Credit line: © Fred Dott / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Cargo Ship Pallas Oil Spill in Germany

Cargo ship ‘Pallas’ burned near the German North Sea coast in 1998. The ‘Pallas’ lost about 244 tonnes of fuel oil and oil sludge and the environmental consequences were enormous; 26,000 birds were oiled of which at least 16,000 died . For two weeks no one started any cleaning operation.

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