American journalist Alec Lakhn is missing in Norway after a back journey, the family says

American journalist Alec Lakhn is missing in Norway after a back journey, the family says

There is a current search for an American journalist who disappeared in the Norwegian River in the FolgeFonna National Park while he was on a solo journey on the back, according to his family.

Alack Lahn, 38, was reported on Monday to the Norwegian authorities when he did not attend his trip to England after he left on July 31 in Odia, in southwest Norway, according to his wife, Veronica Silchenko, who was published on social media urging anyone who may see to continue.

Lahn, an American American climate journalist, was on vacation with his family before leaving for a walk and shared his site, according to CBS News.

His family was not worried because he was in the open air, according to the port.

His family expected that he might not have a cellular service, but when he did not appear to his trip to Monday evening, they called the police.

Silcinko, an Emmy prize -winning TV journalist, said her husband sent a picture from the last known site in Odda on Thursday, saying, “This was the last time I heard.”

“Alec Magic is mainly in the northern country,” Silchenko told CBS News. “He loves icebergs and snow, and he loves explorers, and he is a climate journalist, so for him, this story is always because of the climate change who are all shrinking, and tries his best to go to the coldest countries.”


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Alec was seen last time on July 31, 2025. Veronika Silcinko / Facebook

Long live with his wife in London, but he is from Wisconsin.

It has been reported about different outlets, including The Guardian, The New York Times, The Atlantic, National Geographic, Scientific America, Time, CBS News Radio and Vice News TV.

Police said that bad weather was forced to search with a helicopter on Monday night.


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The airspace of ice rivers near the Longyearbyen, Norway, during a summer heat wave in 2020. Gety pictures

“The weather started very bad in the middle of the night. At that time, it was not reasonable to continue searching in the mountains,” Tatjan Nabin of the Western Police area told NRK.

The volunteer search and rescue team renewed the police, dogs, and drones, the search on Tuesday before being suspended again due to weather conditions.

The Norwegian Red Cross said that the searches were continuing throughout Tuesday. She said that the research teams were local and known as the terrain, but they described them as challenges in particular due to difficult conditions and difficult weather.

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