Rescuers in Norway are looking for the American journalist Alec Luhn

The rescue teams are looking for the American climate journalist Alec Luhn, who disappeared by hiking on a glacier in the Folgefonna National Park in southwest Norway.

Luhn, who worked for several media, including the BBC, left for his hike from the city of Odda on July 31, according to his wife Veronika Silchenko.

He did not show up for his return flight to bring him home on Monday, led him to call the authorities.

Rescue operations continue, although managers say they are hampered by bad weather that prevents helicopters from piloting patrols.

Rescue teams use dogs and drones to do the research, the New York Times reported, quoting Ingeborg Thorsland, spokesperson for the Norwegian Red Cross.

His wife said he was an experienced outdoor man who previously camped in poor weather conditions.

“Alec is fundamentally obsessed with the Arctic,” said Silchenko to CBS News, the American BBC partner.

“He loves glaciers and snow, and he likes explorers,” she said, adding that as a climate journalist, he tries to visit glaciers that shrink quickly due to climate change.

“He does his best to go to the coldest countries,” she said.

Mr. Luhn, 38, is currently based in London, but recently lived in Moscow and Istanbul, according to CNN.

He previously pointed out many points of sale, notably the Atlantic, the National Geographic, the New York Times, Scientific American, Time Magazine and CBS.

Last year, he wrote for the BBC on Canada’s “zombies” fires, which burn all year round and should become more common.