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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Despite being a minor economic engine that mostly did little harm, the Denali Borough, and more specifically Healy, a census-designated place, slowly turned on Bus 142 with an odd degree of vengeance.

A Brazilian man was rescued Tuesday by Alaska State Troopers after he ran into trouble returning from a visit to the abandoned bus where hiker Christopher McCandless starved to death in 1992. Also ...