JUNEAU, Alaska - Dive crews have removed more than 10,000 gallonsof bunker oil from a 1952 shipwreck near Juneau, Alaska, and thework continues.
Work began nearly a week ago to pump oil from the PrincessKathleen shipwreck.
In addition to bunker oil, divers have recovered nearly 1,000gallons of oil that was free-floating within the wreck.
The 369-foot Princess Kathleen ran aground on Point Lena in 1952and has periodically released small amounts of unrecoverable oil inthe years since. The Coast Guard says divers began assessing thewreck in February, when oil sheens were noticed.
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