The year was 1992. After having lived alone for months in an abandoned Fairbanks City Transit System bus along the Stampede Trail outside of Healy, Alaska, 24-year-old Chris McCandless was growing ...

This story originally featured on Outdoor Life. Earlier this month, the Alaska National Guard used a Chinook helicopter to lift and carry out "The Bus." If you're not familiar, this is the bus that ...

From the iconic tale of Christopher McCandless, to an Alaskan's death-defying dance in the Australian desert, to extreme reality TV shows, we're obsessed with survival. So what is it about these ...

To the editor: I’ll admit to mixed feelings about the Museum of the North restoring the bus in which Christopher McCandless took his final breath in 1992. Like it or not, his story is enmeshed in ...

“But isn’t Sean Penn a self-important jerk?” asked my cousin when I told him how much I liked Into the Wild, which Penn scripted and directed. I replied that Penn does indeed have that reputation, ...

The book’s success led to a film adaptation by Sean Penn and an album by Eddie Vedder that solidified McCandless' legacy as a polarizing icon of modern adventuring The year was 1992. After having ...