US EditionChunk, a 1,200-pound bear with a broken jaw, wins Alaska’s popular Fat Bear Week contest
Chunk, a 1,200-pound bear, won Fat Bear Week 2025 with 96,350 votes despite a broken jaw that threatened his ability to feed and survive winter, park officials said.
- Chunk, known as Bear 32, won the Fat Bear Week contest after finishing second three times previously.
- Chunk defeated Bear 856 in the final bracket of the contest, as stated on the organizers' website.
- This year's contest attracted over 1.5 million votes from fans viewing the bears fishing in the Brooks River.
- Fat Bear Week began in 2014 to educate the public about brown bears, coastal relatives of grizzlies.
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Medved Chanka praised for resilience and adaptability after starting the competition with a broken jaw.
Bear 32, also known as Chunk, has won the Fat Bear Week contest in Katmai National Park, Alaska. He defeated bear 856 in the final round and received almost 33,000 more votes.
Salmon shuffle: Chunk wins Alaska’s Fat Bear Week contest
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Chunk, a towering brown bear with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear Week contest — his first win after narrowly finishing in second place three previous years.
All hail Chunk, the winner of Fat Bear Week (and our hearts)
Over the last couple of weeks, the internet has been enjoying what is arguably the most wholesome week on the Internet — Fat Bear Week. After a record-breaking week of votes, this year’s winner has been crowned, and the king of Fat Bear Week 2025 is 32 Chunk.For the uninitiated, Fat Bear Week is an annual event held by Explore.org and Katmai National Park in Alaska. Since the inaugural Fat Bear Week in 2014, voters have tuned in and watched as t…
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