An abandoned bus in the Alaska back country, popularized by the book Into the Wild and movie of the same name, was removed on Thursday as a public safety measure, state officials said.
The Alaska National Guard, in a release, said the bus was removed using a heavy-lift helicopter.
The long-abandoned Fairbanks city bus became famous as a result of the 1996 book by Jon Krakauer, and a 2007 Sean Penn-directed movie, also called Into the Wild.
The bus has long attracted adventurers to an area without cellphone service and marked by unpredictable weather and at-times swollen rivers.