Tonight at 10:00 pm (EST) CNN is scheduled to air “Oil and Water: the Exxon Valdez Wreck”, a one-hour US television special that will explore the impact the incident had on the shipping industry.

According to a brief preview issued by a Connecticut cable provider the documentary will also take a look at how the spill changed the lives of Alaskan fisherman and other people like the captain of the ill-fated tanker, Joseph Hazelwood.

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