SOVIET SHIP ARRIVES TO HELP SKIM OIL SPILL
April 21, 1989
SEWARD, ALASKA
A 400-foot Soviet oil-skimming ship arrived in Seward Wednesday to help scoop up remaining oil in the Gulf of Alaska. ``If they [the Soviets] can capture oil out there and pick it up before it blows on shore, that's much to our advantage,'' the deputy city manager said.