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 ...

This article was first published by Backpacker.com. To get more of their premium content along with your Outside subscription, join Outside+. When a National Guard Chinook helicopter airlifted the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An abandoned bus that figured prominently in the book and film Into the Wild was picked up by the Alaska National Guard and flown to an undisclosed location. The bus, where adventurer Christopher ...

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 ...

HEALY, Alaska (KTVF) - In a coordinated effort with the Department of Natural Resources, 12 Alaska Army National Guardsmen assigned to 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment accomplished the ...

The end of a successful hunt from back in the day, with the Magic Bus in the background. (Tyler Freel /) This story originally featured on Outdoor Life. Earlier this month, the Alaska National Guard ...