Backpack the Bear Wins Alaska Fat-Bear Vote

Backpack, a bear listed as Bear 89, won the 2026 Fat Bear Week vote at Katmai National Park in Alaska. In the popularity contest for bears, Backpack beat Bear 910, called Dancing Queen, by about 5,000 votes, 103,334 to 98,253. The final had over 200,000 votes, with over 2.3 million in total.