The looming government shutdown threatens to claw its way into a crowd-pleasing Alaska tradition: Fat Bear Week
threatens to claw its way into a crowd-pleasing Alaska tradition: Fat Bear Week.
vote in tournament-style brackets for those they want to advance to the next round until a champion is crowned in the weeklong contest.employees count and release those votes — and a shutdown won’t allow them to do so because it would trigger a ban on using the park’s official social media accounts for as long as the government is closed.
The National Park Service estimates that 2,200 brown bears inhabit the park, a number exceeding the people who live on the peninsula. They have six to eight months to eat a year’s worth of food and ensure their survival through winter, according to the service.
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