Fat Bear Week 2024 Contestants. Some of the largest brown bears on earth make their home at brooks river in katmai national park, alaska. An alaska national park's yearly celebration of the beefy, brown and bristly is getting underway as some of the chunkiest bears on the planet fatten up for their long winter.

Voting starts wednesday for the 10th annual fat bear week at katmai national park and preserve. The bear with the most votes advances and one winner is.