Information
ID: CA-25
Region: Atlantic
Case/Incident Name: T/B Irving Whale
Time: 1970-9-7

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Location
Spill Location: Canada , PE , North Cape
Spill latitude N: 47.369167
Spill longitude E: -63.31666667

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Incident Character
Incident Description: Sinking
Incident Type: Marine Accident (M)
Oil Type: Bunker C Oil
Volume Spilled (m3): 1235.0
Oiled Shoreline (km): 228.0
Volume on shoreline (m3): 228.0
Owner: J.D. Irving Ltd
Country of the owner: Canada

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Shorelines
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Citation

Ages, A. 1971. Oil reconnaissance in the Magdalen islands – 1970. Atlantic Oceanography Laboratory, Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources, Marine Sciences Branch, Atlantic Oceanographic Laboratory, AOL Report 1971-8, Bedford Institute, Dartmouth NS, 22 pp..
https://waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/49445.pdf.

Brown, C.E., Nelson, R.D., Fingas, M.F. 1996. Recovery of the Irving Whale oil barge: Overflights with the laser environmental airborne fluorosensor. Spill Sci. Technol. Bull., 3, 231-234.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1353256197000194.

Government of Canada 1996. Summary of the Further Assessment of the Recovery of the Irving Whale in Light of the Presence of PCBs.
https://waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/40610998.pdf.

Jarry, V., Theriault, E., Percy, R., Rivet, C. 1997. Contingency Plans for the Salvage of a Barge Containing Bunker C Oil and PCB: The Irving Whale Experience. Proc. International Oil Spill Conference, Amer. Petr. Institute, Pub. 4651, Washington DC, 1004-1005.
https://doi.org/10.7901/2169-3358-1997-1-1004.