(CNN) — American journalist Alec Luhn, who went missing while hiking in a Norwegian national park, has been found alive, according to the Norwegian Red Cross.

Luhn was found near Folgefonna National Park by helicopter crew and has been taken for medical treatment, the organization wrote on X Wednesday.

“We are very, very happy! Many thanks to everyone in Norway who has helped to find him,” Luhn’s wife Veronika Silchenko told local news outlet VG by phone after her husband was found.

The journalist was found with some injuries to his legs, according to Svein Buer, an emergency manager for Hardanger police.

Rescue teams found himat 11.34 a.m. local time on Wednesday, the Norwegian Red Cross said. He was conscious, but tired when he was found, and expressed great relief, according to

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