Fat Bear Week Crowns a New Benevolent King: 89 Backpack

Bear 89 Backpack – the winner of Fat Bear Week 2026 (Images courtesy of the National Park Service).
It was the worst of times, it was the best of times. Amidst doom scrolls and dark headlines, over 2.5 million humans tuned into Fat Bear Week this year -hungry for good news. Allow me to share a bite: Fat Bear Week has crowned a new champion, and it is the sizable and the sensitive 89 Backpack. 
Backpack’s road to royalty included an early, easy win over the small-but-mighty 610 f