American journalist who disappeared in Norway after a backpack trip, says the family

A research is underway for an American journalist who disappeared on a Norwegian glacier in the Folgefonna National Park during a solo trip by hiking, according to his family.

Alec Luhn, 38, was missing on Monday to the Norwegian authorities when he did not show up for his return flight to England after leaving a hike on July 31 in Odda, in the southwest Norway, according to his wife, Veronika Silchenko, who posted on the exhorting social networks anyone can have seen it.

Luhn, an American award -winning journalist on the climate, was on vacation with his family before leaving for hiking and shared his location, according to CBS News.

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Alec Luhn, 38, was missing on Monday to the Norwegian authorities. (Getty Images)

His family was not worried because he is an experienced outdoor man, depending on the point of sale. His family expected not having a cellular service, but when he did not show up for his return flight on Monday evening, they called the police.

Silchenko, a television journalist winner of an Emmy, said that her husband had sent a photo of her last known location to Odda on Thursday, saying “it was the last time I heard him”.

Alex Luhn was heading for Odda, Norway, during a solo trip. (Facebook via Veronika Silchenko)

“Alec is fundamentally obsessed with the Arctic,” Silchenko told CBS News. “He loves glaciers and snow, and he likes explorers, and he is a climate journalist, so for him, it’s always this story that now because of climate change, they all shrink, and he does his best to go to the coldest countries.”

Alec Luhn was on vacation with his family before leaving for hiking. (Getty Images)

Luhn lives with his wife in London, but he is Wisconsin.

He reported various points of sale, including The Guardian, The New York Times, The Atlantic, National Geographic, Scientific American, Time, CBS News Radio and Vice News TV.

The bad weather had forced a research operation with a helicopter to suspend on Monday evening, police announced.

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Alec Luhn lives with his wife in London, but he is Wisconsin. (Getty Images)

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“Time has started to get really bad around midnight. At that time, it was not reasonable to continue research in the mountains,” Tatjana Knappen told Western police district to the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK.

A team for searches and rescue volunteers, police, dogs and sniff drones renewed research on Tuesday before it was again suspended due to weather conditions.

The Norwegian Red Cross said that research operations were underway on Tuesday. He said the research teams were local and familiar with the field, but called it particularly difficult due to difficult conditions and the demanding weather.