12 October 2022

One Big Bear

By icefogger

The bear known as 747 was crowned the champion of Fat Bear Week. Not only is 747 the largest bear of Katmai National Park, but the big bruin is likely one of the largest brown bears on the planet.

Photo credit: Katmai National Park

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Just a basic, down to Earth, laid back type of guy here, who loves the outdoors, the indoors, jazz on the turntable, a fire in the woodstove, the northern lights blazing across the sky, and the company of good friends. View all posts by icefogger

This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 12th, 2022 at 12:15 AM and tagged with 747, Alaska, autumn, bear, Fat Bear Week, fishing, history, Katmai, NPS, photo, salmon, travel, winter and posted in wildlife. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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3 responses to “One Big Bear”

• Kelly MacKay
  October 12th, 2022 at 4:11 AM

  He is big

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• Timothy
  October 13th, 2022 at 10:27 AM

  This news made it to a Belgian newspaper! But I read it here first ;-).

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  • icefogger
    October 13th, 2022 at 10:18 PM

    I’m happy to hear Katmai’s bears have a European following!

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