<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kokulungiswa kwalo, iSweetbrier yabelwa eCordova, e - Alaska. NgoFebhuwari 1976, lapho esendleleni eya esabelweni sakhe esisha, omunye wabasebenzi bakhe washabalala esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Navy Fuel Facility eSan Diego lapho ewela phakathi komkhumbi nedokodo. I-Sweetbrier yafika esikhumulweni sayo esisha ngo-March 1976. Lapho waqhubeka nokunakekela izinsiza zokuhamba, futhi esiza imikhumbi yokudoba yendawo, kodwa wayenombono omusha. ICordova ihlala emaphethelweni asempumalanga yomzila wamathangi amakhulu kusukela esiphelweni sohlelo lweTrans-Alaskan Pipeline System eValdez kuya ePacific Ocean. Ngo - January 17, 1980 ithangi i - Prince William Sound elalithwele amamitha angu - 831 000 kawoyela ongahluziwe lalahlekelwa amandla futhi laqala ukuzulazula liye ogwini. I-Sweetbrier yaphendula, kodwa ngemimoya efinyelela kuma-knot angu-70 ayikwazanga ukuthola intambo yokudonsa emkhunjini okhubazekile. Ngemva kokuntweza amahora angu-16, iPrince William Sound yakwazi ukuqala kabusha izinjini zayo futhi yaqhubeka ngokuphepha, kodwa ngalesosikhathi yayisekude ngamakhilomitha ayisithupha kuphela ogwini olunamadwala. Ngo-March 24, 1989, esinye isikebhe esikhulu esihambisa uphethiloli esasisendleleni efanayo sabhekana nesiphetho esibi nakakhulu. I-Exxon Valdez  <response>: i-Bligh Reef ePrince William Sound yachitha amalitha angu-10 800 000 41 000 m3 kawoyela ongahluziwe. I-Sweetbrier yayiyingxenye yempendulo enkulu yoMnyango Wokugada Ogwini ekuchithekeni kwamanzi. Wenza umsebenzi wokulawula ukuhamba kwezindiza, ukuvikela indawo yokuzalanisa ama-salmon, nokuqinisa indawo ephephile ezungeze ithangi elisemhlabeni. 