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 ...

In April 1992, Chris McCandless, a self-proclaimed adventurer — set out on a perilous journey into Alaska's harsh wilderness. Tragically, five months later, the 24-year-old was found dead, wrapped in ...

On a chilly October morning at a storage facility in central Fairbanks, Museum of the North curator Angela Linn pulled a giant tarp off of Bus 142 — a rust-covered green-and-white city bus from the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A bus that people ...

To the editor: I’ll admit to mixed feelings about the Museum of the North restoring the bus in which Christopher McCandless took his final breath in 1992. Like it or not, his story is enmeshed in ...

In April 1992, Chris McCandless, a self-proclaimed adventurer embarked on a dangerous odyssey into the wilds of Alaska. Sadly, five months on, the 24-year-old was discovered dead, his body in a ...

In 2006, a film crew was in Astoria to film “Into the Wild,” directed by Sean Penn, the haunting story of hitchhiker/wanderer Christopher McCandless (aka Alexander Supertramp), who made his way into ...