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Fat Bear Week champion crowned as Alaska’s biggest bear revealed

The winner of Fat Bear Week has been crowned. The much-loved contest pits the brown bears of Alaska’s Katmai National Park & Preserve against each other as they bulk up for winter hibernation. This year the public vote chose Chunk (also known as Bear 32) as their champion with 96,

Alaska's Fat Bear week is more than a bit of fun—for the animals, size is a matter of survival

The most gripping week of the bear calendar has arrived. The Fat Bear Week is an annual online competition hosted by Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. This event, which began in 2014 as a one-day celebration,
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