In 2018 she led an all-women EuroArabian expedition to the North Pole, the team included the mountaineer Asma Al Thani, who became the first Qatari person to ski there.

[16][17] The four-year project involved ski expeditions to Drangajökull, the northernmost glacier in Iceland, Svalbard and Nunavut in Canada.

In each location her team completed a ski traverse and collected surface snow and ice samples, to be analyzed for the presence of microplastics, black carbon and heavy metals.

She is an official ambassador for both the British Antarctic Monument Trust[18] and the Equaladventure charity,[19] and was awarded an honorary doctorate by Canterbury Christ Church University for her exploration achievements.

[22] Her photo-portrait by Anita Corbin was one of the 100 First Women Portraits at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter.

[25][26][27] She lives in Iceland and farms eiderdown from wild eider ducks on an island in the Arctic Westfjords, is married and has a son.