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)

While at a hotel in Svalbard for a ski expedition last month, Rebecca Baack captured video from her balcony of a man who appeared to attempt to scare away a polar bear by shooting a gun. The bear, undeterred, began to advance toward the man, who promptly dropped his gun and hopped on a nearby snowmobile, narrowly escaping the bear.