Video footage from the Arctic town of Pyramiden on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard shows the polar bear charging at a man who fired at him.

Dramatic video captures escape from polar bear in Pyramiden, a town in Norway's archipelago of Svalbard. (Credit: Rebecca Baack via Storyful)

Heart-stopping video shows a man drop his gun and then narrowly outrun a polar bear in Norway. Close call. While at a hotel in Svalbard for a ski expedition last month, Rebecca Ba