Friday, June 19th TV listings for National Geographic Canada
History Erased Salt
Exploring what the world would be like if salt and all of its vital contributions, from food preservation to enabling industry, were to suddenly disappear.
Ice Road Truckers Trial by Ice
Darrell and Lisa head into Alberta and onto a trail nicknamed The Death Road; Art faces off with the ice crossing where he nearly lost his life last season; Todd takes rookie Steph Custance under his wing as she embarks on her first journey.
Border Security: Canada's Front Line
A student is failing his customs exam; officers prevent an artifact from going down in history.
Border Security: Canada's Front Line
The canine unit brings home the bacon; A traveler discovers she's got a friend in high places.
Border Security: Canada's Front Line Beetles and Butterflies
Strange beetles and butterflies are mailed into Canada that may carry disease.
Border Security: Canada's Front Line
A captain navigates troubled waters when he forgets to declare himself to the authorities.
William Shatner's Weird or What? Parallel Worlds
Mysterious human-shaped shadow; a little boy travels hundreds of miles in a second; crystal skulls.
World War 2 from Above Battle of Britain
Reconstructing the WWII battle in the skies over Britain, the hunt for the deadly Nazi U-boats, the parachute drop at Arnhem, the Allies' bloody struggle through Normandy, the showdown at the Italian Abbey of Montecassino, and the fight for Poland.
World War 2 from Above Battle of the Atlantic
The longest campaign of the war pits the deadly stealth of the Nazi U-boats against the code-breaking genius and long-range bombers of the Allies.
Lost Ships of WW2 USS Indianapolis: Abandoned at Sea
Just weeks before the war ends, USS Indianapolis is violently sunk; hundreds of men are lost at sea as they fight off exposure and shark attacks; it is the worst disaster at sea in U.S. Naval history.
Lost Ships of WW2 USS Ward: America's First Shot
Undersea explorers aboard the research vessel Petrel detect a wreck off the coast of the Philippines that fits the profile of an American destroyer.
Lost Ships of WW2 Lady Lex: Queen of the Coral Sea
Hours after emerging victorious in the first carrier-to-carrier battle of World War II, the USS Lexington erupts in flames due to enemy fire; after 80 years, Petrel hopes to spot the wreck and the planes that went down with the ship.
Lost Ships of WW2 USS Hornet: America Strikes Back
The Petrel team searches for the American aircraft carrier USS Hornet; the ship's life is cut short when the Hornet sails into a hornet's nest of Japanese ships.
Lost Ships of WW2 USS Juneau: Brothers in Arms
What happened aboard the USS Juneau; five brothers are lost, but not all perish when the ship goes down; at least one brother is among scores of men stranded at sea for eight days.
Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss Happiness Is a Condom Box Burial
According to the World Happiness Report, Ghana's capital city of Accra is the fourth most optimistic place on earth; Rainn explores how boxing, fishing, farming and burying dead people in coffins shaped like condoms can relate to happiness.
Animals up Close With Bertie Gregory Devil Ray Islands
Bertie searches the islands of Indonesia for an elusive devil ray.
Lost Ships of WW2 USS Juneau: Brothers in Arms
What happened aboard the USS Juneau; five brothers are lost, but not all perish when the ship goes down; at least one brother is among scores of men stranded at sea for eight days.
Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss Happiness Is a Condom Box Burial
According to the World Happiness Report, Ghana's capital city of Accra is the fourth most optimistic place on earth; Rainn explores how boxing, fishing, farming and burying dead people in coffins shaped like condoms can relate to happiness.
Animals up Close With Bertie Gregory Devil Ray Islands
Bertie searches the islands of Indonesia for an elusive devil ray.
World War 2 from Above Battle of Britain
Reconstructing the WWII battle in the skies over Britain, the hunt for the deadly Nazi U-boats, the parachute drop at Arnhem, the Allies' bloody struggle through Normandy, the showdown at the Italian Abbey of Montecassino, and the fight for Poland.