“Over the last 20 years, we’ve seen as few as 40 individual ... but the weeks leading up to Fat Bear Week are a popular time to make the difficult and pricey journey.

The 2022 edition of Fat Bear Week was unlike any other, and even with a voting scandal, 747 was crowned this year's champion of chonk – the bear's second title in three years. The weeklong ...

Now over 20 years old, 747 is one of the largest bears ... 747 also has distinctively round, peg-like ears and a short, blocky muzzle. Fat Bear Week is an online competition hosted by the Katmai ...

Voting started Wednesday in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska's Katmai National ... the largest bear on the river, 32 Chunk, a 20-year-old male who once devoured 42 salmon in 10 hours.

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But only one can take the crown and be named the 2024 Fat Bear Week Champion. If you’d just spent around half a year sleeping and dozing in a comfy den, without any food, eating would be pretty ...

Every autumn, Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska hosts 'Fat Bear Week', an annual tournament celebrating the success of the bears at the park’s Brooks River. This year’s newcomer ...

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