PRESTIGE DISASTER

It was November 13, 2002 when the oil tanker "Prestige" spilled 77,000 tons of heavy oil due to the accidental sinking of the ship. In its wake it left a desolate panorama, leaving the Galician coast polluted and covered with tar.

Figure 9: a) Prestige oil tanker spill consequences. b) Prestige oil tanker.

Listen to our interview with Anna Rubio in the following podcast. She, as Head of Operational Oceanography in AZTI (Member of Basque Research and Technology Alliance) will tell us how she lived the Prestige disaster from the trenches.

https://www.veed.io/view/a0d71e76-166c-4ed6-ab45-83d66ac2a030?panel=share

References:

• Álvarez-Salgado, X. A., Herrera, J. L., Gago, J., Otero, P., Soriano, J. A., Pola, C. G., & García-Soto, C. (2005). Influence of the oceanographic conditions during spring 2003 on the transport of the Prestige tanker fuel oil to the Galician coast.
• González, M., Ferrer, L., Uriarte, A., Urtizberea, A., & Caballero, A. (2008). Operational Oceanography System applied to the Prestige oil-spillage event. Journal of Marine Systems, 72(1–4), 178–188. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JMARSYS.2007.07.005
• (PDF) Resiliencia territorial ante catástrofes en el cantábrico español. (n.d.). Retrieved April 20, 2023, from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317823593_Resiliencia_territorial_ante_catastrofes_en_el_cantabrico_espanol
• The Prestige Di saster One Year On. (n.d.).

• The Prestige Oil Spill in Cantabria (Bay of Biscay). Part I: Operational Forecasting System for Quick Response, Risk Assessment, and Protection of Natural Resources on JSTOR. (n.d.). Retrieved April 20, 2023, from https://www.jstor.org/stable/30138411