Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans Admiral Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans (28 October 1880 – 20 August 1957), known as "Teddy" Evans, was a British naval officer and Antarctic explorer. Evans was seconded from the Navy to the Discovery Expedition of the Antarctic in 1901–04, when he served on the crew of the relief ship, and afterwards began planning his own Antarctic expedition. However, he suspended this plan when offered the post of second-in-command on Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole in 1910–1913, as captain of the expedition ship "Terra Nova". He accompanied Scott
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