Thursday, August 14th TV listings for Smithsonian Channel Canada HD
Canada: Over the Edge South Shore, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia's Southern coast.
Canada: Over the Edge Eastern Shore, Nova Scotia
The Eastern Coastline is a living historical record of the battle between the French and English.
Abandoned Engineering Lost Bridges
The history of a stretch of concrete known as Hitler's Bridge; the highest bridge in the world collapses.
Inside the Tower of London Lady Jane Grey
We examine the life of the Nine Days Queen as the Tower prepares for a ceremony on the anniversary of her execution in 1554.
World-famous mammoth expert Dick Mol traces the history of woolly mammoths.
Building the Ultimate Telescope
An intercontinental astronomy project in the desert of Chile.
Inside the Tower of London Lady Jane Grey
We examine the life of the Nine Days Queen as the Tower prepares for a ceremony on the anniversary of her execution in 1554.
World-famous mammoth expert Dick Mol traces the history of woolly mammoths.
Air Warriors A-10 Warthog
The history of the mean and ugly jet aircraft, the A-10 Warthog.
Discover how an invasion set the stage for collapse in the era's great cities.
Inside Pyramids Khufu: The Secret Chamber's Revelations
Takes an unprecedented look inside the secret chambers of the Great Pyramid of Giza, the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing, and see what they reveal about the pyramid's origins.
Mysteries of the Abandoned The Thing on Hell Mountain
An massive, alien-like fortress built into a mountainside is the central node to a network of pipelines that race outwards like tentacles; behind-the-scenes access reveals the secrets of why this strange complex was built and why it was abandoned.
Mysteries From Above Great Cities
Tower over amazing metropolises. Learn why an important urban centre is sinking toward oblivion, soar over sprawling ruins buried under Saharan sands, learn the modern secret of an ancient fortress, and eye a ghost town on the edge of the Gobi.
Unearthed The Lost Empire of Palmyra
Palmyra: pearl of the Syrian desert; experts return to the site and use CGI reconstruction to reveal the secrets of Palmyra's ancient engineers.
Mysteries of the Abandoned The Thing on Hell Mountain
An massive, alien-like fortress built into a mountainside is the central node to a network of pipelines that race outwards like tentacles; behind-the-scenes access reveals the secrets of why this strange complex was built and why it was abandoned.
Mysteries From Above Great Cities
Tower over amazing metropolises. Learn why an important urban centre is sinking toward oblivion, soar over sprawling ruins buried under Saharan sands, learn the modern secret of an ancient fortress, and eye a ghost town on the edge of the Gobi.
Unearthed The Lost Empire of Palmyra
Palmyra: pearl of the Syrian desert; experts return to the site and use CGI reconstruction to reveal the secrets of Palmyra's ancient engineers.
Abandoned Engineering Lost Bridges
The history of a stretch of concrete known as Hitler's Bridge; the highest bridge in the world collapses.
Mysteries of the Abandoned The Thing on Hell Mountain
An massive, alien-like fortress built into a mountainside is the central node to a network of pipelines that race outwards like tentacles; behind-the-scenes access reveals the secrets of why this strange complex was built and why it was abandoned.
Mysteries From Above Great Cities
Tower over amazing metropolises. Learn why an important urban centre is sinking toward oblivion, soar over sprawling ruins buried under Saharan sands, learn the modern secret of an ancient fortress, and eye a ghost town on the edge of the Gobi.
Unearthed The Lost Empire of Palmyra
Palmyra: pearl of the Syrian desert; experts return to the site and use CGI reconstruction to reveal the secrets of Palmyra's ancient engineers.
Cosmic Vistas Landing on Mars
The vast majority of information being gathered about Mars is by orbiters chronicling everything they can.
Cosmic Vistas The Milky Way
Exploring the Milky Way from the mythology of ancient sky watchers to how scientists are mapping it from the inside out.
Mysteries From Above Natural Mysteries
As seen from space, a crater in Turkmenistan, is on fire; drones reveal perfect circles in the Namibian desert; A puzzle is solved by a World War 2 code breaker; Mystery of Death Valley's self-moving stones; Utah's strange electric blue ponds.
Canada: Over the Edge Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia
A journey along the geological marvel that is the Bay of Fundy coastline.