ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Chunk, a towering brown bear with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear Week contest — his first win after narrowly finishing in second place three previous years.
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Chunk, a 1,200-pound behemoth with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear Week contest — his first win after finishing in second place three previous years
The annual online competition allows viewers to follow 12 bears in Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve on live webcams as they fish for salmon, and then cast ballots in a bracket-style tournament that lasts a week
Chunk — known officially as Bear 32 — beat out Bear 856 for the crown
A glut of sockeye salmon fueled a memorable feast this summer for the contest, and