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Backpack wins Fat Bear Week

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Look: Bear named Backpack wins Fat Bear Week in Alaska

A big-bellied bear named 89 Backpack had been declared the winner of this year's Fat Bear Week at Alaska's Katmai National Park.

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Gentle Giant Backpack Declared Winner Of Alaska's Fat Bear Week

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Meet Backpack, the winner of Fat Bear Week 2026 in Alaska

Watch: Meet 'Backpack', the chunky bear who won Fat Bear Week

'Backpack' has won the annual Fat Bear Week competition after prevailing in what the US National Park Service called a "battle of size, skill, snack acquisition and strategic loafing".

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Gentle giant ‘Backpack’ declared winner of Alaska’s Fat Bear Week

Backpack has officially been crowned the chunky champion of Fat Bear Week

Alaska's Fat Bear Week crowns Backpack, son of 2019 winner Holly, 'the Duchess of Density'

In a post from the U.S. Department of the Interior (@Interior), the agency announced that Bear 89, also known as Backpack, was the 2026 Fat Bear Week winner and said, "He got it from his mama."

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Backpack Wins Fat Bear Week: The Cute Story Behind His Name

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Backpack succeeds Chunk as this year’s Fat Bear Champion in national park

Bear leaves a trail of destruction in Alaska neighborhoods

Biologists in Alaska located a brown bear believed to have broken into several garages and vehicles and even attempted to enter a house.

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The bears recognize the guides. Tracking the world's largest bears with the Alaska Native guides who know them best

What it's like to go bear viewing on Kodiak Island with Alutiiq guides at the remote Kodiak Brown Bear Center and Lodge in Alaska.

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Kodiak bears are beating a path to the junk food in the island dump

Kodiak Island in Alaska is famous for its giant brown bears, but human efforts to keep the behemoths out of the landfill have become a struggle.