Outdoor Life

Long Before the ‘Into the Wild’ Bus Became a Tourist Deathtrap, It Was My Dad’s Hunting Camp

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 ...
Outside

The ‘Into the Wild’ Bus Was a Pilgrimage Site in the Wilderness. Can It Hold Up in a Museum?

On June 18, 2020, Carine McCandless got a call from Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources. Corri Feige, the commissioner at the time, wanted to give her a heads-up: the abandoned bus where Carine’s ...
Alaska Dispatch News

OPINION: Should we blow up the ‘Magic Bus’?

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 ...
WDRB

New home in the works for the 'Into the Wild' bus in Alaska

(CNN) The bus that played a key role in the gripping adventure and tragic death chronicled in "Into the Wild" is likely to begin its next chapter at a museum in Fairbanks, Alaska. Bus 142, a ...
Outside

The ‘Into the Wild’ Bus Has Another Story to Tell

The abandoned vehicle where Chris McCandless died teaches us a lot about modern Alaska. Ever since Outside published Jon Krakauer’s feature about the young, adventurous drifter who attempted to live ...