Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Fat Bear Week - Inside Climate News

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Fat Bear Week - Inside Climate News

The creator of the viral bear bracket competition on this year’s 1,200-pound winner, Chunk, how bears are interacting differently this season and why salmon are the gift that keep on giving.Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, “Living on Earth”From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by producer Aynsley O’Neill with Mike Fitz, the creator of Fat Bear Week.

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Chunk, a 1,200-pound bear with a broken jaw, wins Alaska’s popular Fat Bear Week contest - WXXV News 25

By  CEDAR ATTANASIO and MARK THIESSEN Updated 8:32 PM CDT, September 30, 2025 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — 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. The annual online competition allows viewers to follow 12 bears in Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve on live webcams and cast ballots in a bra…