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The Final Showdown of Alaska's Fat Bear Week Comes Down to Heavyweights Bear 910 and Backpack
- On Tuesday, Backpack was crowned champion of Katmai National Park's Fat Bear Week after securing 103,344 votes, narrowly defeating 910, who garnered 98,253 votes in the finals.
- Now in its 12th year, the competition celebrates the resilience of 2,200 brown bears living on the Alaska Peninsula. Fat Bear Week began in 2014 as an interactive educational tool about coastal grizzlies.
- Known for his "quiet strength," Backpack defeated the daughter of a former champion in the finals. Fans celebrated the gentle giant's lineage as the son of champion Holly, who introduced him to Brooks River as a first-year cub.
- More than 100,000 voters participated online at fatbearweek.org, giving Backpack a close win with just over 50% of the poll. The public watched the bears on Explore livestreams before the final results were declared Tuesday evening.
- Bears must gorge on Brooks River salmon to accumulate fat reserves before six months of winter hibernation, eating as many as 30 fish daily. During dormancy, bears do not eat or drink and can lose one-third of their body weight.
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This image from video provided by explore.org shows a brown bear known as "Backpack," officially named Bear 89, wading through Brooks River on Sept. 8, 2026, in the Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. (explore.org via AP)
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Gentle giant Backpack claims Fat Bear Week title in close finale at Alaska's Katmai National Park
"Heavy is the bear that wears the crown. Like really heavy." | After a week of fierce competition, Backpack emerged victorious as Fat Bear Week champion, the heftiest bear of Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve
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