An entrant in the Fat Bear Week contest: Pictured now they are 'Fat' is bear 910, the daughter of former Fat Bear Week champion, 409 Beadnose. //Fat Bear Week has returned for its 13th year. The contest pits the brown bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park & Preserve against each other to see how well they bulk up for winter hibernation. The US National Park Service (NPS) said it has launched this season's competition to see which bear has "done the best job packing on the pounds for winter." The bears go head-to-head in a bracket-style tournament, with the public choosing which bear will be crowned Fat Bear Week champion. Last year, over 1.7m votes were cast from more than 100 countries before Bear 32, nicknamed "Chunk", was crowned champion.
An entrant in the Fat Bear Week contest: Pictured now they are 'Fat' is bear 910, the daughter of former Fat Bear Week champion, 409 Beadnose. //Fat Bear Week has returned for its 13th year. The contest pits the brown bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park & Preserve against each other to see how well they bulk up for winter hibernation. The US National Park Service (NPS) said it has launched this season's competition to see which bear has "done the best job packing on the pounds for winter." The bears go head-to-head in a bracket-style tournament, with the public choosing which bear will be crowned Fat Bear Week champion. Last year, over 1.7m votes were cast from more than 100 countries before Bear 32, nicknamed "Chunk", was crowned champion.
