Braer Shetland Shipwreck

A police officer looks over stormy waves wich crash over the super-structure and funnel of the Liberian-registered MV Braer oil tanker, spilling 84,700 tonnes of crude oil into the North Sea, on 7th January 1993, in Quendale Bay, Shetland, Scotland, UK. It sits below its water-line with crude oil leaking from its ruptured tanks after running ground in hurricane force winds, beaching itself on these rocks in Quendale Bay, west of Sunburgh Head, the Shetland Islands, Scotland. In fast-fading light, this ecological disaster occurred in a beautiful region of Great Britain affecting much native wildlife although the Gulfaks oil the Braer was carrying is lighter therefore more biodegradable and able to disperse better than other North Sea crude.

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A police officer looks over stormy waves wich crash over the super-structure and funnel of the Liberian-registered MV Braer oil tanker, spilling 84,700 tonnes of crude oil into the North Sea, on 7th January 1993, in Quendale Bay, Shetland, Scotland, UK. It sits below its water-line with crude oil leaking from its ruptured tanks after running ground in hurricane force winds, beaching itself on these rocks in Quendale Bay, west of Sunburgh Head, the Shetland Islands, Scotland. In fast-fading light, this ecological disaster occurred in a beautiful region of Great Britain affecting much native wildlife although the Gulfaks oil the Braer was carrying is lighter therefore more biodegradable and able to disperse better than other North Sea crude.