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Meet 'Backpack', the chunky bear who won Fat Bear Week
The brown bear, described by one supporter as having both the "chonk and the badonk", will shortly enter hibernation, which can last up to six months.
September 30, 2026'Backpack' declared Alaska's Fat Bear Week winner
"Backpack" defeated a bear known only as "910" in the final round of the annual competition.
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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". The chunky champi
bbc.co.uk•September 30, 2026
'Backpack' declared Alaska's Fat Bear Week winner
Backpack, the winning bear, after months of eating to gain weight ahead of hibernating in winter. A brown bear known as 89 Backpack has won the annual Fat Bear Week competition, after what the US Nat
bbc.co.uk•September 30, 2026