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Get Up Close And Personal With Brown Bears At This Overlooked Alaska National Park

This all too often overlooked Nation Park in Alaska lets you get as up close and personal with brown bears as is humanly safe ...
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Researchers capture terrifying moment while filming wildlife at national park: 'Yes, this bear is in fact still running right toward us'

"We were all a bit rattled." Researchers capture terrifying moment while filming wildlife at national park: 'Yes, this bear ...
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Active volcanoes, pristine lakes, and epic wildlife sightings await at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska.

Brown bears in the Brooks River in Katmai National Park and Preserve. There are certain scenes in the unofficial wildlife photography hall of fame—shots that both amateurs and professionals around the ...
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Alaska's Underrated National Park Is A Top Brown Bear Viewing Destination With Views Unlike Anywhere In The World

Alaska, which occupies the northwestern corner of North America, is among the most geographically diverse states in the U.S. It contains over a dozen major mountain ranges, more than 100 volcanoes and ...
The Register-Guard

Fat Bear Week at Katmai National Park begins Sept. 23: Here's how Oregonians can vote

Fat Bear Week is back at Alaska's Katmai National Park, an event where people will have a chance to vote for their favorite chunky brown bears beginning Sept. 23. For the past 11 years, fans of Fat ...
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Alaskan brown bears to duke it out for ‘fattest’ bear title in 11th annual national park competition

Alaskan bears will duke it out for the title of bulkiest bear around later this month when “Fat Bear Week” kicks off in the state’s Katmai National Park for the 11th year in a row. The National Park ...
Forbes

Fat Bear Week 2025: Everything You Need To Know

A brown bear is catching salmon at the Brooks River waterfall, Katmai National Park, Alaska. Fat Bear Week 2025 kicks off with Fat Bear Junior on September 18, giving everyone a chance to crown the ...
ABC7

Fat Bear Week: Katmai National Park & Preserve names fattest bear ahead of winter hibernation

KING SALMON, Alaska -- For brown bears in one Alaska national park, bigger really is better. On Tuesday, 409 Beadnose was officially declared the fattest of the fat bears. "What does the she win for ...
E&E

Fat Bear Week is back in Alaska’s Katmai park

Fat Bear Week is back, and fans can once again vote for Alaska’s chubbiest bear. The March Madness-style bracket contest is hosted by explore.org and Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve, home ...
KHQ

Fat Bear Week begins Tuesday at Katmai National Park

ALASKA - Fat Bear Week kicks off Tuesday at Katmai National Park, inviting the public to vote for their favorite brown bear preparing for hibernation. This annual bracket-style competition allows ...
Newsday

What to know about Fat Bear Week, and the brawny bruins ready to battle for the title

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The brawny bruins on the Alaska Peninsula are ready to brawl it out to see which will win this year’s fattest bear title in the wildly popular annual online voting contest known as ...
ABC7 San Francisco

Fat Bear Week 2022: It's time to vote

Spring is for skinny bears and March Madness basketball. Fall, however, is for fat bears -- and for Katmai National Park & Preserve's annual Fat Bear Week and its accompanying tournament of crowning a ...