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King Eiders and freighter

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Summary[edit] Description: English: King Eiders (Somateria spectabilis), oiled with freighter. Date: 22 February 2006. Source: http://www.fws.gov/digitalmedia/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/natdiglib&CISOPTR=5307&CISOBOX=1&REC=7. Author: Sowls, Art (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service). The M/V Citrus, a freighter, collided with another ship while loading cargo at sea off of St. Paul Island in the Pribilofs in 1996. The collision punctured some of the Citrus's fuel tanks resulting in bunker fuel oil leaking into the sea oiling and killing Licensing[edit] Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse. : This image or recording is the work of a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain. For more information, see the Fish and Wildlife Service copyright policy. català | čeština | English | español | eesti | suomi | français | italiano | македонски | Nederlands | polski | português | русский | Türkçe | українська | 中文 | 中文(简体)‎ | Zazaki | +/− :.

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