"Like all good things, Fat Bear Week has come to its inevitable end.

A week ago, 12 of Katmai National Park and Preserve’s chunkiest chunks began a cutthroat competition. Now, after a single-elimination bracket allowed voters to choose their favorite pudgy predators, a single beefy brown bear reigns supreme.

In the end, it came down to two fearsome fatties, 32 Chunk and 747. But only one airplane-like unit came out on top.

“747 earned it," Katmai media ranger Naomi Boak said of the winner. “He is our biggest, fattest bear.”"

Morgan Krakow reports for the Anchorage Daily News October 6, 2020. [2]