Merle Savage

Have you ever wondered what actually took place after the 1989 Alaskan oil spill... during the beach cleanup? Silence in the Sound is a story that will answer questions and show where one woman’s adventure took her, against all odds. I had the unusual experience of working on the oil spill cleanup as a female General Foreman, when the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska. The decision to record my experiences in a journal was not only …