The abandoned bus where American adventurer Chris McCandless died almost 30 years ago has been airlifted away from its longtime resting place in the Alaskan wilderness.
A helicopter on Thursday removed the 1940s-era Fairbanks city bus, which became a sometimes deadly tourist attraction, from the Stampede Trail on the remote side of the Teklanika River near Healy, Alaska. The operation was a joint effort of Alaska's Department of Natural Resources and the Alaska Army National Guard.
The bus was made famous by John Krakauer's 1996 book "Into the Wild" and a 2007 movie by the same name that told the story of 24-year-old McCandless, who in April 1992 hitchhiked to Alaska where he set out on the Stampede Trail with little food and equipment, hoping to live a simple life. He found the abandoned Fairbanks Bus 142 while hiking along the snow-covered trail and used it as a makeshift shelter that summer.
The dilapidated bus will be stored in a safe location while Alaska's Department of Natural Resources considers options for its permanent disposition, according to Feige.