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NOVA

Season 17 · Episode 5

The Big Spill

0.055mFebruary 27, 1990

Covering last year's Exxon Valdez oil spill from an unexplored angle, NOVA focuses on how technology failed in preventing, containing and cleaning up the Alaskan disaster.

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Episode 1Poison in the Rockies
Episode 2Race for the Top
Episode 3Disguises of War
Episode 4The Bomb's Lethal Legacy
Episode 5The Big Spill
Episode 6The Genius That Was China: Rise of the Dragon
Episode 7The Genius That Was China: Empires in Collision
Episode 8The Genius that Was China: The Threat from Japan
Episode 9The Genius That Was China: Will the Dragon Rise Again?
Episode 10The KGB, The Computer and Me
Episode 11Neptune's Cold Fury
Episode 12To Boldly Go...
Episode 13Poisoned Winds of War
Episode 14The Blimp is Back!
Episode 15Earthquake!
Episode 16Killing Machines
Episode 17Can the Elephant Be Saved?
Episode 18We Know Where You Live
Episode 19In the Land of the Llamas
Episode 20What's Killing the Children?