Tormenting a Polar Bear
Jacob Peterloosie
1930, Pond Inlet, Nunavut –
Graphite and coloured pencil on paper
© Canadian Museum of History, IV-C-6725
Inscription (condensed): "This picture depicts a true story... We saw a polar bear. We were on top of a hill,
and he was in the water, so we threw rocks at it. He started to climb the hill, so we fled. I was in such a
panic and rushing — I stopped and started aiming at it, but it got too close. I thought there was
ammunition in my rifle, but I realized I had emptied it earlier. The polar bear pushed me, and I fell
backwards. Suddenly somebody shot him, and it fell into the water to die."
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