A worker makes his way across the polluted shore of Block Island, Alaska, on April 17, 1989, as efforts were underway to test techniques to clean up the oil spill Read this story at southernminn.com , KGUN , Lake and McHenry County Scanner , Daily Mail , Daily Mail , WBTV , Daily Kos , Sports Illustrated , Awful Announcing , www.sunderlandecho.com , Raw Story , dotesports.com , Raw Story