Meet '89 Backpack', the chunky bear who won Fat Bear Week

A bear known as '89 Backpack' has been declared the winner of the annual Fat Bear Week competition held by Katmai National Park in Alaska. The contest, which celebrates bears that have successfully gained weight before hibernation, came down to a close final round where Backpack defeated Bear 910 by approximately 5,000 votes out of nearly 200,000 cast. The US National Park Service described the competition as involving factors like size, foraging skills, and resting strategies.