--- title: Rare Footage Shows Alaska From The Point of View of Polar Bears description: Biologists put cameras on four female polar bears in Alaska to observe their behavior canonical: https://time.com/2845188/alaska-polar-bear-video/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-08T17:00:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:10:30.611Z og:title: Rare Footage Shows Alaska From The Point of View of Polar Bears og:description: Biologists put cameras on four female polar bears in Alaska to observe their behavior og:url: https://time.com/2845188/alaska-polar-bear-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2870e7b086e563d5/698696b506f2c179e332f611/polar-bear-alaska.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: A polar bear walking in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska in 2003. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rare Footage Shows Alaska From The Point of View of Polar Bears twitter:description: Biologists put cameras on four female polar bears in Alaska to observe their behavior twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2870e7b086e563d5/698696b506f2c179e332f611/polar-bear-alaska.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Rare Footage of Alaska From a Polar Bear's Perspective > Sponsored content. 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