Watch: Meet ‘Backpack’, the chunky bear who won Fat Bear Week

September 30, 2026 · 5:01 am 4 sources

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• 'Backpack' declared Alaska's Fat Bear Week winner
  BBC News · September 30, 2026 05:01
  "Backpack" defeated a bear known only as "910" in the final round of the annual competition.
• Backpack edges past Dancing Queen to win the Fat Bear Week title
  The Guardian · September 30, 2026 13:40
  Bear known for sitting in solitude won tournament celebrating the animals’ ability to eat large amounts of fish A 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…
• Watch: Meet 'Backpack', the chunky bear who won Fat Bear Week
  BBC News · September 30, 2026 13:51
  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.

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• Gentle giant Backpack wins Alaska’s Fat Bear Week
  Al Jazeera · September 30, 2026 06:57
  The contest celebrates the resilience of the 2,200 brown bears that live in the preserve on the Alaska Peninsula.