Fat Bear Week has returned – and the salmon are swimming for their lives
Photograph: Explore.org“There are more cubs at Brooks Camp this year than have been seen in a long time,” park superintendent Mark Sturm said in a statement. “A new generation of fat bears is taking shape, and they’re off to a strong start.”Started in 2014, Fat Bear Week began as Fat Bear Tuesday. “And that helps us to form deeper connections with them and tell their stories about surviving in the wild.”Fat Bear Week is also part of a larger strategy to bring people inside a national park they otherwise might never travel to.
- ▪Photograph: Explore.org“There are more cubs at Brooks Camp this year than have been seen in a long time,” park superintendent Mark Sturm said in a statement.
- ▪“A new generation of fat bears is taking shape, and they’re off to a strong start.”Started in 2014, Fat Bear Week began as Fat Bear Tuesday.
- ▪“And that helps us to form deeper connections with them and tell their stories about surviving in the wild.”Fat Bear Week is also part of a larger strategy to bring people inside a national park they otherwise might never travel to.
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More than 1.7m votes were cast from 100 countries before the public crowned the bear nicknamed ‘Chunk’ as last year’s victor Photograph: Explore.orgView image in fullscreenMore than 1.7m votes were cast from 100 countries before the public crowned the bear nicknamed ‘Chunk’ as last year’s victor Photograph: Explore.orgAlaskaFat Bear Week has returned – and the salmon are swimming for their livesThe public will for the 12th year in a row vote for the fattest of brown bears in Alaska’s Katmai national parkCecilia NowellFri 18 Sep 2026 09.00 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleThe bears have returned to the river and are packing on the pounds as another Fat Bear Week begins at Katmai national park.The 12th annual Fat Bear Week, in which the public will vote for the fattest of Katmai’s brown…
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