But this is undermined when it repeatedly makes her the object of the story rather than the person you work with to achieve the expedition's goals.
That it is not only her expedition to achieve resolution and salvation, but ours as well, as our own Arctic overheats beyond contemporary understanding to deliver catastrophe and revelation.
The expedition did achieve its short-term goals by destroying three Al Qasimi bases and over 80 vessels, including the largest Al Qasimi ship in the region, the converted merchant ship Minerva.
He contracted malaria, but despite great difficulties the expedition achieved all its goals - and had the bonus of meeting Sir Alan Cobham who, attempting the first flight from Cairo to the Cape, landed his seaplane on a nearby lake channel to refuel.
Harun's massive expedition achieved remarkably little in material terms.
This meant a change of focus, no matter what Scott's expedition achieved.
Nevertheless, with the help of disaffected local barons, including Count Robert of Loritello, Manuel's expedition achieved astonishingly rapid progress as the whole of southern Italy rose up in rebellion against the Sicilian Crown and the untried William I.
They were later to achieve doubtful fame as the expedition craft of Sir John Franklin, who disappeared with all his men in the Arctic searching for the Northwest Passage.
Maslama's troops were reportedly engaged in up to thirty or forty days of constant fighting in miserable weather, and although he claimed victory in a battle over the Khazar khagan himself, the expedition did not achieve any results, and came close to being defeated.
The expedition had failed to achieve any of its objectives and had left a quarter of the landing force dead or wounded.
None of his expeditions achieved their goals; instead, he became legendary for his skill in leading his stricken men home.
