(WJW) — Search and rescue crews are looking for award-winning American journalist Alec Luhn, who went missing while on a Norwegian glacier hiking trip, according to reports.
Luhn’s wife, Veronica Silchenko, took to social media on Tuesday, confirming her husband was last seen on July 31.
In the Facebook post, she said Luhn was leaving Odda, Norway, to take a solo backpacking trip to explore the glacier at Folgefonna National Park.
In an interview with CBS News, Silchenko said the family became concerned when Luhn didn’t return for his flight back to the United Kingdom on Monday.
The Norwegian Red Cross has posted updates about the ongoing search on X. On Tuesday, the organization said there have been “no findings so far,” stating that high water levels in the region have “created significant challenges.”
The Red Cross added that a large team will continue searching on Wednesday with help from local police and multiple climbing groups.
Silchenko told CBS News that Luhn has a passion for glaciers and exploration.
“He’s a climate journalist, so for him it is always that story that now, because of the climate change, they’re all shrinking, and he’s trying his best to go to the coldest countries,” she told the news outlet.
According to his website, Luhn is a climate journalist who has reported for the Atlantic, National Geographic, New York Times, TIME, CBS News and other publications over the years.
Folgefonna, described as “the third largest glacier on mainland Norway,” has been drawing in tourists since 1833, according to the national park’s website.