Backpack edges past Dancing Queen to win the Fat Bear Week title
Photograph: Explore.orgView image in fullscreenBackpack, the winner of Fat Bear Week. People have watched him his whole life.”She said Backpack is commonly found fishing for salmon and contemplating life on his favorite rock in the river. He has also overcome challenges, she said, including a serious leg injury in 2007.The runner-up, Bear 910, has no formal name like Backpack, but is known to fans as Dancing Queen because of the way she moves her head while fishing.
- ▪Photograph: Explore.orgView image in fullscreenBackpack, the winner of Fat Bear Week.
- ▪People have watched him his whole life.”She said Backpack is commonly found fishing for salmon and contemplating life on his favorite rock in the river.
- ▪He has also overcome challenges, she said, including a serious leg injury in 2007.The runner-up, Bear 910, has no formal name like Backpack, but is known to fans as Dancing Queen because of the way she moves her head while fishing.
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- ▪ 'Backpack' declared Alaska's Fat Bear Week winner — BBC News — World
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Backpack, the winner of Fat Bear Week. Photograph: Explore.orgView image in fullscreenBackpack, the winner of Fat Bear Week. Photograph: Explore.orgAlaskaBackpack edges past Dancing Queen to win the Fat Bear Week titleBear known for sitting in solitude won tournament celebrating the animals’ ability to eat large amounts of fishRichard LuscombeWed 30 Sep 2026 09.40 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleA chunky ursine called Backpack has out gobbled a challenge from an outsized female nicknamed the Dancing Queen to waltz – or rather waddle – off with the Fat Bear Week title at Alaska’s Katmai national park.Backpack, a 20-year-old quiet giant known for sitting in solitude for long periods on his rock on the Brooks river, won by barely 5,000 votes in the public tournament celebrating the…
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