American Hiker Who Went Missing On Norwegian Glacier Rescued

An American hiker who hadn't been heard from for six days during a solo backpacking travel connected a glacier successful Norway has been found, nan section Red Cross said connected Wednesday.

Alec Luhn, a 38-year-old journalist and Wisconsin native, didn't make interaction pinch his woman Veronika connected Monday erstwhile he was owed to decorativeness a hike successful Folgefonna National Park, successful nan country's southwest.

The Red Cross, who were portion of nan rescue operation, said Luhn had been recovered alive adjacent Folgefonna.

"He was located by chopper unit and has now been transported for aesculapian treatment,” nan statement posted connected X.

It was not known what information Luhn was in.

The rescue cognition had resumed connected Wednesday greeting aft difficult upwind conditions hampered nan search.

Norwegian Red Cross hunt efforts for Alec Luhn connected Tuesday, successful nan area surrounding Folgefonna glacier.Norwegian Red Cross

“A ample squad of volunteers are mobilized, including specialized climbing teams and drones,” nan Red Cross said successful a station connected X little than 2 hours earlier announcing that Lunh had been found.

“Difficult terrain, mediocre visibility, rainfall and precocious h2o levels person analyzable entree to cardinal areas, but nan upwind has improved,” nan station added.

Norwegian Red Cross Spokeswoman Ingeborg Thorsland told NBC News that nan statement had deployed 35 volunteers for nan hunt mission.

“Yesterday, rescue workers could not walk complete immoderate of nan bridges because h2o levels were excessively high… and drones could not beryllium deployed astatine times, owed to nan constricted visibility,” she added.

Luhn, who has worked for aggregate media outlets including CBS, The Telegraph and The Guardian, grounded to make interaction pinch his woman connected Monday, causing her to alert Norwegian authorities. He past missed his formation location to London that evening, wherever nan mates live.

Luhn had past been seen connected nan day of July 31, Veronika Silchenko told NBC News earlier he was found.

“I knew that location would beryllium nary connection, astir probably. So he marked spots of his hike connected my map, conscionable successful case, and we benignant of agreed that he’ll interaction maine arsenic soon arsenic he had reception,” she said.

Silchenko said Luhn was a very knowledgeable hiker.

“He hikes each nan time. A batch of times we hike together... he knows what he’s doing,” she said.

He had planned to enactment astatine DNT Holmaskjer and DNT Breidablikk and decorativeness nan hike connected Monday greeting but whitethorn person changed plans owed to nan mediocre weather, she added.

Folgefonna National Park consists of 3 glaciers and covers 210 quadrate miles, according to nan park’s website.

Luhn graduated from The University of Wisconsin-Madison and was a overseas analogous successful Moscow for much than 10 years earlier turning his attraction to ambiance reporting.

“He’s very curious. He has a awesome emotion for adventures. He is beardown and very resilient,” Silchenko told NBC News.

“He loves nan mountains and he loves nan glaciers. That’s why he changed his attraction and his profession from Russia to ambiance alteration and nan environment.”

His activity has won aggregate publicity awards and has been nominated for 2 Emmys.