A recent opinion essay offered wide-ranging criticism of the University of Alaska Museum of the North for creating an exhibit for Bus 142 — made famous by Christopher McCandless and John Krakauer’s ...

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The iconic Fairbanks City Transit System Bus number 142, made famous by the book Into the Wild and also known as the Magic Bus, is no longer where it used to be. The Army National Guard sent two ...

Long a destination for adventurers seeking to know and understand the place where Christopher McCandless passed away as he strove to make a life for himself in the Alaska wild, Bus 142, or the "Magic ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — An abandoned city bus that once lured people on sometimes deadly pilgrimages to Alaska’s backcountry can now safely be viewed at the University of Alaska Fairbanks while it ...

In a cavernous room within the university’s new engineering building, a bus squats on four flat tires. In this place, the 1946 International Harvester model K-5 looks small, for maybe the first time ...

STEPPING INTO THE BUS for the first time is a powerful experience. That’s not because I’m on a spiritual journey, or feeling the aura left by a man who slowly starved to death inside it. Yes, I’d read ...

This story originally featured on Outdoor Life. Earlier this month, the Alaska National Guard used a Chinook helicopter to lift and carry out “The Bus.” If you’re not familiar, this is the bus that ...