Abandoned bus made famous by 'Into the Wild' looks destined for Alaska museum
An infamous bus appears headed to a new home at a museum in Fairbanks after being removed from the Alaskan wilderness to deter people from making dangerous, sometimes deadly treks to visit the site where a young man documented his own demise in 1992.
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources said Thursday that it intends to negotiate with the University of Alaska’s Museum of the North to display the bus, which was popularized by the book “Into the Wild” by writer Jon Krakauer and a movie adaptation of the same name. The busin the backcountry, near Denali National Park and Preserve, last month.
“Of the many expressions of interest in the bus, the proposal from the UA Museum of the North best met the conditions we at DNR had established to ensure this historical and cultural object will be preserved in a safe location where the public could experience it fully, yet safely and respectfully, and without the specter of profiteering,” Natural Resources Commissioner Corri Feige said in a statement., who hiked to the bus in 1992.
Over the years, people from around the world have traveled to the bus, located about 25 milesfrom the town of Healy, to pay homage to McCandless.
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