After gorging all summer on sockeye salmon, the portliest brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula will see who will be named the fattest of them all in the wildly popular online voting contest called Fat Bear Week.
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Alaska's Fat Bear Week kicks off with online voting to crown the most oversized ursine
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Fat Bear Week 2025 is underway in Alaska national park
After gorging all summer on sockeye salmon, the portliest brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula will see who will be named the fattest of them all in the wildly popular online voting contest called Fat Bear Week.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — After gorging all summer on sockeye salmon, the portliest brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula will battle it out to see who will be
By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — September 23, 2025 marks two important holidays: Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Fat Bear Week. Every fall, rangers at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve keep track of the brown bears who live there, noting how much weight each one gains ahead of entering…
Voting for Fat Bear Week contestants takes place Sept. 23-30, 2025. The public can vote for favorites like reigning champ 128 Grazer, who could pull off a three-peat.
