Tuesday, August 12th TV listings for Smithsonian Channel Canada HD
History by the Numbers Heists
The inside track on five of the greatest heists in history; these are not petty robberies, but high-stakes operations meticulously planned and audaciously executed, with a cast of colorful characters from the mastermind to the snitch.
World's Most Scenic River Journeys The River Spey, Scotland
A journey on Scotland's River Spey, traveling from its source in the Highlands, winding by boat through the mountains to where the river meets the North Sea.
Abandoned Engineering Silent Cities
Stories of ghost towns, including Pripyat and Hashima Island.
First Ladies Revealed Trailblazers
A look at how first ladies have changed their role through activism, brains and toughness.
Mystic Britain The Sand Bodies of Sutton Hoo
Clive Anderson and Mary-Ann Ochota investigate one of Britain's sinister mysteries: decapitated bodies in gruesome poses, warrior kings with tiny heads and killer cake.
America's Secret Space Heroes Hubble Telescope
The inside story of the Hubble Space Telescope that almost broke NASA; the engineers behind its creation tell their story and how they staked their careers on repairing it.
First Ladies Revealed Trailblazers
A look at how first ladies have changed their role through activism, brains and toughness.
Mystic Britain The Sand Bodies of Sutton Hoo
Clive Anderson and Mary-Ann Ochota investigate one of Britain's sinister mysteries: decapitated bodies in gruesome poses, warrior kings with tiny heads and killer cake.
WWII's Most Daring Raids Cutting Rommel's Lifeline
A secret British regiment in 1942 led a daring raid on a Nazi-occupied Libyan harbor.
Ice Airport Alaska Coronavirus Crisis
The arrival of U.S. evacuees escaping the coronavirus outbreak in China; a daring helicopter airlift; punishing snow.
Extreme Airport Africa Racing The Sun
A mysterious engine fault delays a new airliner; scientists fly into the bush to hunt a killer disease; a broken-down plane closes a major runway, and a snake hunt across the airport ends in a face-off with a spitting cobra.
How Did They Fix That? Sky Rides
In the Alps of Switzerland, Mike helps an elite team install a new cable (rope) system on an iconic mountain gondola line, helps fix the world's steepest cogwheel railway track and explores mountaintop family farms only accessib.
Learn how astronauts constructed the International Space Station while circling the Earth at 17,500 miles per hour; look at the meteorproof ship's power source and unique water-recycling technology; discover why it almost wasn't built at all.
Untold Arctic Wars Race for the North
The German war industry urgently needs more iron; Hitler has his eye on the Norwegian coast and especially on the harbor of Narvik, through which iron ore is shipped from Sweden.
How Did They Fix That? Sky Rides
In the Alps of Switzerland, Mike helps an elite team install a new cable (rope) system on an iconic mountain gondola line, helps fix the world's steepest cogwheel railway track and explores mountaintop family farms only accessib.
Learn how astronauts constructed the International Space Station while circling the Earth at 17,500 miles per hour; look at the meteorproof ship's power source and unique water-recycling technology; discover why it almost wasn't built at all.
Untold Arctic Wars Race for the North
The German war industry urgently needs more iron; Hitler has his eye on the Norwegian coast and especially on the harbor of Narvik, through which iron ore is shipped from Sweden.
Abandoned Engineering Silent Cities
Stories of ghost towns, including Pripyat and Hashima Island.
How Did They Fix That? Sky Rides
In the Alps of Switzerland, Mike helps an elite team install a new cable (rope) system on an iconic mountain gondola line, helps fix the world's steepest cogwheel railway track and explores mountaintop family farms only accessib.
Learn how astronauts constructed the International Space Station while circling the Earth at 17,500 miles per hour; look at the meteorproof ship's power source and unique water-recycling technology; discover why it almost wasn't built at all.
Untold Arctic Wars Race for the North
The German war industry urgently needs more iron; Hitler has his eye on the Norwegian coast and especially on the harbor of Narvik, through which iron ore is shipped from Sweden.
Cosmic Vistas Vesta Unveiled
The Dawn mission explores the asteroid Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres.
Cosmic Vistas Water Worlds
The search for water is actually the search for life, and that search is taking man to some unusual places, including a moon of Saturn.
Mysteries From Above Unreachable Places
Strange markings in the remote reaches of Northern Finland; drones find a Manhattan-sized mystery in the depths of a Vietnamese cave; secrets are no longer hidden in the Antarctic; a lost sky-high world in Mozambique gets a visit from above.
History by the Numbers The Gender Gap
Finding out how the insidious 'standard man' makes it hard to find a place where the gap doesn't impact us.