This short-lived ABC series brought us the adventures of Alaska State Patrolman Cal “Kodiak” McKay (played by big Clint Walker of Cheyennefame).
Kodiak was responsible for 50,000 square miles of rugged country and all the criminals, avalanche victims, and squabbling miners contained therein.
He worked alone most of the time – travelling by four-wheel-drive truck, snowmobile on skis, kayak or snowshoes – but he was assisted occasionally by an old Eskimo friend named Abraham Lincoln Imhook, who was fond of saying things like “A hunter’s son never cries” and “His soul will be safe. I tucked it under a whale-blubber lamp”.
The series was filmed on location in Alaska and debuted on Friday 13 September 1974, lasting just 4 episodes. The last episode screened on 11 October 1974.
A further 9 episodes had been planned but the series was cancelled almost immediately.
Cal ‘Kodiak’ McKay
Clint Walker Abraham Lincoln Imhook
Abner Biberman Mandy
Maggie Blye
Episodes
Red Snow, White Death | Death Chase | A Time to Die | The Last Enemy
He worked alone most of the time – travelling by four-wheel-drive truck, snowmobile on skis, kayak or snowshoes – but he was assisted occasionally by an old Eskimo friend named Abraham Lincoln Imhook, who was fond of saying things like “A hunter’s son never cries” and “His soul will be safe. I tucked it under a whale-blubber lamp”.
