Retro Report: The Exxon Valdez Disaster Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email An oil cleanup worker walks through the oily surf at Naked Island on Prince Williams Sound, April 02, 1989. ( CHRIS WILKINS/AFP / Getty ) Produced by Mythili Rao Produced by PRI and WNYC