Bear 747 blasted past the competition to reclaim his title in Fat Bear Week. The tournament has taken off since its launch in 2014, with a record number of votes cast this year.
Fat Bear Week is a joint project between Katmai National Park, the nature camera streaming organization explore, and the nonprofit Katmai Conservancy.
It all starts with the cameras stationed at the park. They broadcast a steady stream of brown bears clamoring through the rushing water of Brooks Falls in search of salmon for the entire summer, ultimately culminating in Fat Bear Week, Runco said.The remote park, located on the eastern end of the Alaska Peninsula, is home to 5,700 square miles of wilderness and only accessible by boat or plane.
This year’s Fat Bear Week was different, said Candice Rusch, director of new media at explore, a philanthropic initiative of the Annenberg Foundation that’s responsible for the bear cameras and has live cameras showing wildlife all over the planet. Media coverage started earlier this year compared to years past. Mike Fitz, founder of Fat Bear Week, at one point did seven or eight interviews in one afternoon, Rusch said. By Tuesday afternoon, the competition hit 1 million votes — its highest tally ever.
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