Eye of the grizzly: Collar cameras let Washington State University scientists see the Arctic from a bear’s point of view

The clip with the wolves made Ellery Vincent jump out of her chair. It begins in the dark. Then the grizzly bear lifts its head. Light streams into the camera attached to the bear’s neck with a bright flash and then settles, and the scene comes into focus. At the top of the screen is the grizzly’s muzzle, pointed toward a mountain in the distance. In the foreground, not more than 30 feet away, are four wolves. They’re just standing there, unconcerned with the bear. They’re not trying to steal a carcass, not gearing up for a fight and certainly not aware that they’re on video. The clip is one of thousands captured by collar cameras attached to 12 bears in the Arctic last year for a Washington...