Outside

Into the McCandless Bus

The rusting exterior of Fairbanks City Transit System Bus 142, an abandoned 1946 International Harvester K-5 parked along Alaska's Stampede Trail. The bus began receiving international attention after ...
CNN

The tragic allure of Alaska’s ‘Into the Wild’ bus

Until recently, the iconic green and white-roofed 1940s-era International Harvester sat parked in a woodsy clearing beside a riverbank, moldering in a remote patch of Alaskan outback like the result ...
Popular Science

The tragic legacy behind the famous ‘Into the Wild’ bus

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 ...
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 ...
Alaska Public Media

The ‘Into the Wild’ bus exhibit is still under wraps as museum searches for funding

University of Alaska Museum of the North curator Angela Linn removes a tarp from Bus 142 at a storage facility in central Fairbanks on Oct 20, 2025 as visitor Jared White looks on. On a chilly October ...
Hindustan Times

Bus 142 from ‘Into the Wild’ finds a home at Fairbanks museum

Bus 142 from ‘Into the Wild’ finds a home at Fairbanks museum An infamous bus appears headed to a new home at a museum in Fairbanks after being removed from Alaska’s backcountry to deter people from ...