 On the program, Roger Payne commented that, ‘"Saving marine animals from the insidious effects of pesticides, fire retardants, plasticizers, and poisonous metals is not a selfless act.By saving the ocean for whales, we may just be able to save countless other oceanic species and leave our children and grandchildren a healthy ocean rather than one contaminated with the by-products of our progress".’
More information on the Voyage of the Odyssey can be found on Ocean Alliance's website.The Patagonia Right Whale program is one of the longest continually running studies on great whales