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.

The incident took place on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard on April 27, when the man attempted to scare the polar bear away by firing a warning shot, but it charged towards him.

With one foot braced on the helicopter's landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquiliser dart at a polar bear.

In a heart-stopping incident, a hotel worker narrowly escaped becoming a polar bear's next meal in the Arctic town of Pyramiden in Norway's Svalbard archipelago. The chilling encou ...

A dramatic video captured a man fleeing a charging polar bear in Norway after dropping his gun and hopping onto a snowmobile. The incident reportedly unfolded in Pyramiden – an Arctic town in th ...

With one foot braced on the helicopter’s landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquilizer ...

Two wildlife photographers faced swift backlash when they posted a video criticizing polar bear hunting in Nunavut, Canada.

The polar regions are cold, remote and off-putting, but there are thousands of polar words in English – and not just words ...

It was almost like a scene out of a movie as a man dropped everything and jumped onto a snowmobile to escape a charging polar bear in Norway. Dramatic video footage captured by Rebecca Baack ...