This is one of several TV-series episodes filmed in 1959 that were inspired by Alaska's upcoming promotion to statehood. Not long after the Alaska territory is purchased by William Seward on behalf of the U.S., Paladin (Richard Boone) receives an urgent message from Boris Tosheff, an old Russian furrier with whom he has been playing chess by mail. Tosheff is being victimized by newly arrived squatters, and he asks Paladin to journey to Alaska (via dogsled!) to provide a helping hand. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi