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 , NC State University Athletics , KGUN , Raw Story , Daily Mail , MSNBC , Raw Story , tennesseestar.com , Daily Mail , TheJournal.ie , WBTV , KIFI , The Independent