On tonight’s episode of Discovery hit series The Last Alaskans, we see young cast member Charlie Jagow using a long ax to test the ice in the elbow of a river to cross safely and save a bit of time.

The Alaskans is a 1959-1960 ABC/Warner Brothers western television series set during the late 1890s in the port of Skagway, Alaska. The show features Roger Moore as "Silky Harris" and Jeff York as ...