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Erica Calvo at Bus 142 Stories

Last Visitor to Bus 142 on the Stampede Trail

  • October 31, 2020November 22, 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, 2020October 31, 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, 2020October 13, 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, 2020September 23, 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, 2020September 23, 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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    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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