Fat Bear Week returns: voters pick Katmai’s fattest bear
TL;DR
Kotaku’s culture piece celebrates Fat Bear Week, a Katmai Conservancy–run event in Alaska where the public votes in a single-elimination tournament to crown the season’s fattest bear preparing for winter, with before/after photos, bear cams, and profiles of contenders like 132, Marshmallow, and Bucky.
- I Can Bearly Contain My Excitement For Fat Bear Week Kotaku
- Alaska's salmon-feasting bears face off in biggest Fat Bear Week ever NPR
- Meet the chunky contenders of Fat Bear Week 2026 USA Today
- Fat Bear Week is about to begin. Here are the chunky contenders. The Washington Post
- Fat bear week kicks off its 12th year — meet the contenders New York Post
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