Bad weather hampers search for Alec Luhn after he set out for solo hike in remote Folgefonna national park
Rescuers in Norway have resumed the search for an award-winning environmental journalist who has gone missing in bad weather during a solo hike in the remote Folgefonna national park, home to one of the country’s biggest glaciers.
Alec Luhn, a US-born reporter who has worked for the New York Times and the Atlantic and was a regular Russia correspondent for the Guardian from 2013 to 2017, was reported missing on Monday after he failed to catch a flight from Bergen.
The Norwegian broadcaster NRK said Luhn, 38, was holidaying with his family and had set out on his hike alone on 31 July from the outdoor centre of Ullensvang on the northern edge of the park, a 550 sq km wilderness in western Norway.
Local police told the public broadcaster a volunteer search and rescue team from the Red Cross, sniffer dogs, drones and police were all involved in the search on Tuesday after the operation had to be suspended late on Monday night.
