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August 3, 2020

‘Into the Wild' bus likely lands a home at Fairbanks museum

By MARK THIESSEN
Associated Press

Sgt. Seth LaCount/Alaska National Guard via AP [enlarge]
Alaska Army National Guard soldiers used a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to removed an abandoned bus, popularized by the book and movie “Into the Wild,” out of its location in the Alaska backcountry in June.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — 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 making dangerous, sometimes deadly treks to visit the site where a young man documented his demise in 1992.


 
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