During "Fat Bear Week", viewers have been able to enjoy live broadcasts from camera traps where bears are seen gorging on salmon and berries to eat their fill before the winter hibernation.
Less than a kilometer from a densely populated residential area in the city of Anchorage, several cameras set up have also captured everything from wolverines to moose. Behind the initiative is a social media group whose follower count has risen sharply since September.
One of the viewer favorites shows two bear cubs, standing on their hind legs, enthusiastically rubbing themselves against either side of a tree trunk.
Many of the followers are locals who want to keep track of which animals are moving around in the area, but many from outside also want to enjoy the wildlife in Alaska.
You're right out in the middle of nowhere, and you see animals acting like animals do when no one's watching, says Joe Cantil, retired healthcare worker, who got the idea to place the cameras.
"Fat Bear Week" is an annual event held in October by Katmai National Park, to celebrate the brown bears' preparation for Alaska's tough winter. The final vote for the fattest bear was won this year, for the second time, by the female Grazer.
