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Bear Named Backpack Wins Fat Bear Week Contest

Original: 'Backpack' has been crowned Fat Bear Week champion: Inside the National Park contest that became an internet obsession.

A brown bear known as Backpack has been crowned champion of Fat Bear Week, the annual contest run by Katmai National Park in Alaska that lets fans vote for the bear that has bulked up most ahead of hibernation. The lighthearted competition has grown into a viral internet tradition, drawing huge audiences each autumn.

Why now: The announcement of this year's Fat Bear Week winner has just been made, drawing widespread attention to the popular online voting contest.

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