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Bus 142 Live Stream Snapshot Updates

Bus 142 Conservation Live Stream

February 20, 2023

Hello Friends of Bus 142 – Here’s the latest update! Hands-on work to prepare Bus 142 for its future outdoor exhibit is continuing. You can watch the Bus 142 live stream at: https://tinyurl.com/tckrwftw The museum has told us that typical work hours will be Monday-Friday, 8am – 4pm Alaska time. The current work schedule for

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Bus 142 Updates

Major Grant Awarded for Conservation Work on Bus 142

October 20, 2022

A grant of $500,000 has been awarded to the University of Alaska
Museum of the North to complete the necessary conservation work to prepare Bus 142
for its permanent public exhibit. The funds were awarded from the Institute of Museum
and Library Services as part of the “Save America’s Treasures” grant.

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Carine’s Grant Support Letter

March 1, 2022

Dear Chief Brown,
Thank you for considering the Bus 142 conservation project as a grant recipient. As the sister of Chris McCandless, the reasons for my interest in seeing the bus preserved might seem obvious, but they reach far beyond a personal connection.

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Stampede Trail Bus Moves to UAF Engineering Building

October 7, 2021

CONTACT: Marmian Grimes, mlgrimes@alaska.edu Bus 142 is back in the public eye. On Wednesday afternoon, the University of Alaska Museum of the North moved the 1940s-era bus, made famous by Jon Krakauer’s book “Into the Wild” and the 2007 film of the same name, to the university’s engineering building in Fairbanks. It will spend the

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Erica Calvo at Bus 142 Stories

Last Visitor to Bus 142 on the Stampede Trail

October 31, 2020

Hello Friends of Bus 142, I am the last person to have journeyed into the wild to see the magic bus. I struggle with that statement, because I considered the way I got to the bus to be very much a cheat, as I helicoptered the entire way in. I’d had no original intention of

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Carine McCandless at Bus 142 Updates

Letter From Carine

September 27, 2020

By now you are probably aware that on June 18th, 2020, the Alaska Dept. of Natural Resources had Bus 142 removed from its sixty year residence on the Stampede Trail. I know that many of us are saddened by this news. Some feel angry. I was certainly shocked when the Alaska DNR Commissioner called…

Bus 142 Arrives at UA Museum of the North Updates

Stampede Trail bus arriving in Fairbanks

September 24, 2020

The 1940s-era bus made famous by the book and film “Into the Wild” arrived in Fairbanks this week so that staff at the University of Alaska Museum of the North can begin conservation work. The former Fairbanks city bus—known as Bus 142—will eventually be displayed by the museum. The Alaska Department of Natural Resources earlier this year removed the bus…

University of Alaska Museum of the North Updates

UA Museum to Safeguard Stampede Trail Bus

July 30, 2020

The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) intends to negotiate with the University of Alaska’s Museum of the North as the likely repository of the well-known historic “Bus 142,” removed from the Stampede Trail…

Bus 142 Just Before Liftoff Updates

Army Guard safely removes “Into the Wild” Bus

June 18, 2020

A 1940s-era Fairbanks city bus that became a sometimes deadly attraction to outdoor adventurers has been removed by helicopter from the remote side of the Teklanika River near Healy through a joint effort…

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Recent Updates

  • Bus 142 Conservation Live Stream

    February 20, 2023
  • Major Grant Awarded for Conservation Work on Bus 142

    October 20, 2022
  • Stampede Trail Bus Moves to UAF Engineering Building

    October 7, 2021
  • Letter From Carine

    September 27, 2020
  • Stampede Trail bus arriving in Fairbanks

    September 24, 2020
  • UA Museum to Safeguard Stampede Trail Bus

    July 30, 2020
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