In August 1880, two Inuit families from Labrador were recruited by Johan Adrian Jacobsen and headed to Europe to become the latest exotic attraction in Carl Hagenbeck's ethnographic shows. The group were exhibited in zoos across Europe until the Inuit relized their mistake and longed to return home.

Abraham was literate and kept a diary. So did Johan Adrian Jacobsen. Even tough both diaries survived, to this day the story remained incomplete. In 2009, France Rivet's reading of the English translation of Abraham's diary left her with many unanswered questions. Where were the Inuit...

L'histoire d'Abraham Ulrikab est l'une des plus tristes et des plus emouvantes qu'aient connues le Nunatsiavut (Labrador), les Inuits et le Canada. Dans l'espoir d'ameliorer les conditions de vie de sa famille, en aout 1880, Abraham accepte de partir pour l'Europe et d'y devenir la plus recente attraction des spectacles ethnographiques organises par l'Allemand Carl Hagenbeck, proprietaire d'une menagerie et pionnier des zoos humains . Accompagne par sa femme, leurs deux fillettes, et quelques compatriotes, Abraham est exhibe a Hambourg, Berlin, Prague, Francfort, Darmstadt, Krefeld et Paris....