Kodiak grows wary of Mitch Kellog, an officer who has come to extradite John Nootka, a youthful automobile thief. Kellog, the individual tasked with returning Nootka to Seattle on allegations of car theft, presents a markedly different narrative concerning life and death; however, which account should Kodiak trust?

Kodiak is assigned as the probation officer for a hot-headed Native American who has just been released from prison. He finds himself in the air with an injured pilot and the desperate Indian convict. Kodiak is in a plane with the unconscious pilot, at the mercy of the rebellious parolee who can either guide him on landing or tell him to go to hell.

A helicopter is dispatched to transport a girl in need of heart surgery. However, during the transfer, the helicopter crashes in the heart of the forest, prompting Kodiak to prepare for a rescue operation. Kodiak successfully saves a mother and her daughter from the wreckage of the aircraft that has fallen in the challenging Alaskan wilderness.