Survey and description of the environmental impact of the oil spill from the tanker 'Exxon Valdez ìn Prince William Sound, Gulf of Alaska, on March 24 1989, and the reaction of Alaska residents and attempts to clean up and to save affected wildlife.

Spill: Passages through the Sound -- Day one: First twenty-four hours -- Day two: "House on fire" -- Day three: Time runs out -- Day four: Storm -- "It can't happen to me" -- Response: Great promise -- Mosquito fleet -- Lawyers and the admiral -- Marine birds -- Sea otters -- Bald eagles -- Shorelines -- How clean is clean? -- Wake: Valdez -- Cordova -- Kenai Fjords -- Refuge Islands -- Kachemak Bay -- Katmai Coast -- Kodiak -- Native villages -- Reflections.