Shackleton: Antarctic Odyssey until his proposed "Plan of Imperial trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914-1916". The main storyline begins with then Lieutenant, Ernest Shackleton, on the Discovery Expedition of 1901 led by Robert Falcon Scott. Bertozzi then takes the reader through the time leading up to the main expedition, including Shackleton's funding efforts along with his wife Emily's trepidation over the journey. Moving forward Bertozzi gets to the stranding of the 28 member crew when their ship the Endurance becomes lodged in the ice. At this point Bertozzi begins to highlight the crew's attitude as they play soccer on the ice and hold theatrical performances as
David O'Keefe (ship captain) allowed him to own an island, of which he was considered "king". Reportedly he had his own emblem, which showed the US flag waving over the letters "O K." He took two Yapese wives, despite already having a wife and daughter in Savannah. In 1901 he died on the ship "Santa Cruz" returning to Savannah. "His Majesty O'Keefe" is the story of O'Keefe's life on Yap. A film of the same name starring Burt Lancaster was made in 1954. David O'Keefe (ship captain) David Dean O'Keefe (1824 or 1828 – 1901) was an Irish-American ship captain who become a historical