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The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil.
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MV Braer
Oil tanker which ran aground during a storm off Shetland, Scotland in 1993
MV Braer was an oil tanker which ran aground during a storm off Shetland, Scotland, in January 1993, and nearly a week later broke up during the most intense extratropical cyclone on record for the northern Atlantic Ocean, the Braer Storm of January 1993.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Shetland
Archipelago in Scotland
Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway, marking the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about 50 miles to the northeast of Orkney, 110 mi (170 km) from mainland Scotland…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
January 5
Day of the year
January 5 is the fifth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 360 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)