"Well what's out there?"
"Nothing's out there."
"Well there must be something out there."
"There is nothing out there. All there is, is sea, and birds, and fish."
"And?"
"And 20,000 tons of crude oil."
"And what else"?
"And a fire."
"And anything else?"
"And the part of the ship that the front fell off. But there's nothing else out there. It's a complete void."
Reminds of the "Front fell off" comic sketch. "No, we towed it out of the environment"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM