An elevated platform built near the river provides a lookout point for people (and keeps them separated from the hungry predators), so Kirschoffer’s crew took advantage of that for Fat Bear Week by mounting their cameras directly on the structure.

The Fat Bear Week bracket reveal was delayed by a day after fans witnessed the livestreamed fatal battle between two bears at Katmai National Park in Alaska.

Alaska's Fat Bear Week is underway after one bear's death delayed the contest. The contestants in the 10th Fat Bear Week at Katmai National Park and Preserve were introduced on Tuesday, a day later than expected after a female bear known as Bear 402 was killed by a male bear during a fight on Monday.

Fat Bear Week is off to a violent start this year. The bracket and all the chunky contestants were scheduled to be revealed on Monday morning, but the reveal was pushed back by a day after one bear, No.

"National parks like Katmai protect not only the wonders of nature, but also the harsh realities," the National Park Service's Matt Johnson said in a statement to CBS News after Bear 402 was killed. "Each bear seen on the webcams is competing with others to survive."

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Katmai's famous Fat Bear Week contest is about to celebrate its tenth anniversary—but for the first time, its biggest star is nowhere to be found. We pay tribute to a true champion.