South Korea's Oil Spill
Korean Federation for Environmental Movement / AP
Grounded
A bird coated in oil from the spill sits on Mallipo beach on Dec.
8 while the Coast Guard's effort to keep more oil from washing ashore played
out at sea. The area is on the migration path for birds such as mallard ducks and snipe
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