The brown bear, who now weighs between 1,000 and 1,200 pounds after fattening up on salmon, earned his nickname as a cub. When he was little, he enjoyed riding on his mom's back as she swam across a r

Voters were split between bear 910 and 89 Backpack in the final round of the weeklong contest to see who is the chunkiest bear at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska.

Bear 89 Backpack defeated Bear 910 by just over 5,000 votes in the Fat Bear Week 2026 final at Alaska's Katmai National Park on Brooks River.

Only four chunky specimens remain in Fat Bear Week 2026. Two ladies with fascinating backstories, Bear #132 and Bear #910, battle in the first semi-final, while clever big boys Bucky Dent and Backpack face off in the second semifinal.

A brown bear called Backpack was crowned the winner on Tuesday of an annual contest to find the public's favourite fat bear in Alaska's Katmai National Park. Backpack received 103,344 votes in the

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.

Bear 89, known as Backpack, won Fat Bear Week 2026 on Tuesday after more than 2.3 million votes. The Interior Department called him Lord of Lard, Earl of Girth and Commander in Beef. · 0 sources across the spectrum on IJR News.

The event this year featured 16 bears vying for the heavyweight title in a single-elimination, bracket-style tournament

"Backpack" defeated a bear known only as "910" in the final round of the annual competition.