Fat Bear Week_winner_Backpack
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.Reported by 9 of 13 outlets; wording from New York Post.
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The bears may each eat as many as 30 fish a day this time of year, working hard to eat a year’s worth of food in about six months.
While the competition is all fun and games, stored body fat is what fuels the bears’ ability to hibernate over frigid winter months, during which time they don’t eat, drink, urinate, or defecate, meaning they have to pack on the pounds to survive six months without eating.
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While most adult male bears show aggression to their competitors, Backpack uses a quiet strength to gain access to his favourite fishing spots.
The contest, which is in its 12th year, celebrates the resilience of the 2,200 brown bears that live in the preserve on the Alaska Peninsula, which extends from the state’s southwest corner toward the Aleutian Islands.
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Adult male brown bears typically weigh 600 to 900 pounds (about 270 to 410 kilograms) in midsummer.
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By the time they are ready to hibernate after feasting on migrating and spawning salmon, large males can weigh well over 1,000 pounds (454 kilograms).
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- 29 Sep
After a week of fierce competition, Bear 910 and Backpack have emerged as the final contenders to be named the heftiest bear of Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve.
- 30 Sep
After a week of voting, "Backpack" was crowned the winner of this year's Fat Bear Week.
Coverage 15 articles
1 Oct Fat Bear Week crowns its heavyweight champion: 89 Backpack
Global News1 Oct ‘Gloriously chunky’ brown bears compete in annual Fat Bear Week eat-off
Sydney Morning Herald
30 Sep "Backpack" crowned winner of 2026 Fat Bear Week
CBS News- 30 Sep Daily on Energy: The long-awaited permitting reform bill is here
Washington Examiner
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30 Sep Backpack is Fat Bear Week's 2026 winner – video
The Guardian
30 Sep The Champion of chonk: Backpack takes the 2026 Fat Bear Week crown at Katmai National Park
Fox News
30 Sep Meet 'Backpack', the chunky bear who won Fat Bear Week
BBC
30 Sep Gentle giant Backpack wins Alaska’s Fat Bear Week
Al Jazeera
30 Sep Gentle giant Backpack declared winner of Alaska’s Fat Bear Week
New York Post
30 Sep 'Backpack' declared Alaska's Fat Bear Week winner
BBC30 Sep The backstory of this year's Fat Bear Week winner
ABC News (AU)30 Sep Backpack is the fattest of the fat bears in the US
The Straits Times
30 Sep Backpack voted Fat Bear Week 2026 winner, beating former champ's offspring
CBS News
29 Sep The final showdown of Alaska's Fat Bear Week comes down to heavyweights Bear 910 and Backpack
Toronto Star
25 Sep WATCH: The annual Fat Bear Week tournament is underway
ABC News (US)
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