Eat salmon, win prizes: Fat Bear Week begins in Alaska’s Katmai national park

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Fattest brown bears, bulking up for hibernation, pitted against each other in online public vote – who will win? It’s that time of year again, when audiences turn to a welcome distraction from the heavy news cycle: Katmai national park and preserve in southern Alaska is celebrating its fattest brown bears. The park is set […]

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