All hail Holly, winner of Fat Bear Week 2019. Who doesn't love big, fat bears? At least from a distance. And who doesn't love filling out a bracket where winners move on and losers go home? Combine the two and you've got Fat Bear Week-a kind of Ursine March Madness, in October. There are an estimated 2,000 bears in Katmai National Park & Preserve, a glorious and massive 4 million-acre stretch of wilderness in Southwest Alaska. Each year, the bears spend the summer trying to get as fat as they can to prepare for hibernation. And in October, bear fans get to vote on who is the fattest of them all. (Photo/VCG)
Who doesn't love big, fat bears? At least from a distance. And who doesn't love filling out a bracket where winners move on and losers go home? Combine the two and you've got Fat Bear Week-a kind of Ursine March Madness, in October. There are an estimated 2,000 bears in Katmai National Park & Preserve, a glorious and massive 4 million-acre stretch of wilderness in Southwest Alaska. Each year, the bears spend the summer trying to get as fat as they can to prepare for hibernation. And in October, bear fans get to vote on who is the fattest of them all. (Photo/VCG)
Who doesn't love big, fat bears? At least from a distance. And who doesn't love filling out a bracket where winners move on and losers go home? Combine the two and you've got Fat Bear Week-a kind of Ursine March Madness, in October. There are an estimated 2,000 bears in Katmai National Park & Preserve, a glorious and massive 4 million-acre stretch of wilderness in Southwest Alaska. Each year, the bears spend the summer trying to get as fat as they can to prepare for hibernation. And in October, bear fans get to vote on who is the fattest of them all. (Photo/VCG)
Who doesn't love big, fat bears? At least from a distance. And who doesn't love filling out a bracket where winners move on and losers go home? Combine the two and you've got Fat Bear Week-a kind of Ursine March Madness, in October. There are an estimated 2,000 bears in Katmai National Park & Preserve, a glorious and massive 4 million-acre stretch of wilderness in Southwest Alaska. Each year, the bears spend the summer trying to get as fat as they can to prepare for hibernation. And in October, bear fans get to vote on who is the fattest of them all. (Photo/VCG)
