Thursday, December 18th TV listings for Smithsonian Channel Canada HD
Cosmic Vistas Science and the Shuttle
For more than 25 years, the shuttle was our ticket to space and our laboratory in orbit.
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Mysteries From Above Deep Blue
Take a deep dive into watery enigmas. Glide over a sunken Italian city, a unique underwater cemetery in the Florida Keys, a yellow brick road to nowhere in the depths of the South Pacific, and puzzling rocky constructions off the coast of Australia.
World's Most Scenic River Journeys The Suwannee
Meandering through the black waters of a primordial river immortalized in a folk song.
Canada: Over the Edge Canada's Southern Boundary
From the waters of Juan de Fuca Strait to Gulf Islands National Park Reserve.
Unraveling centuries of bloodshed and avarice surrounding an unlucky Indian jewel; exploring a car where a Hollywood star met an untimely death; assessing the violent end of an English king's legacy and an ominous Assyrian curse etched in stone.
The future historian's files reveal how humans removed excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to create a greener Earth; studying a mobile carbon-capture device for trucks, an outdoor air filter, terraforming and carbon-eating seaweed farms.
First Ladies Revealed Twists of Fate
Lady Bird Johnson, Edith Roosevelt and Betty Ford inherited the role of First Lady by chance during times when the nation was looking for stability.
Unraveling centuries of bloodshed and avarice surrounding an unlucky Indian jewel; exploring a car where a Hollywood star met an untimely death; assessing the violent end of an English king's legacy and an ominous Assyrian curse etched in stone.
Hitler's Last Stand Suicide Hill
A Japanese American regiment fights through darkened forests, heavy rains and entrenched Nazis to reach a lost U.S. battalion in the Vosges Mountains.
How Did They Build That? Speedcore & Steambend
Peek inside a cloud-inspired library in Canada that's built over a live railway; see how clever engineering helped a huge Seattle skyscraper go up without harming its iconic neighbour, then cross an Australian bridge that floats above a busy river.
The Pyramids: Solving The Mystery Medium and the Mystery of The False Pyramid
Meidum is the least-known of the pyramids of Egypt as it stretches skywards to resemble a castle keep.
Vikings: American Quest A Dream Is Born From History
In Norway, archaeologists, medieval experts and local boat builders have gathered to explore the secrets found in the skeletal remains of centuries-old Viking ships.
Mysteries From Above Desert Mysteries
Investigate an abandoned village in the shifting sands on Dubai's outskirts and a collection of inexplicable stone circles in Colombia; a mysterious hilltop tower in Iran and a puzzling purple phenomenon in Chile's Atacama Desert.
Unearthed Sunken City of Helike: The Hunt for the Real Atlantis
In 373 B.C., the Greek city of Helike vanished; archaeologists believe they've found the ruins of the great lost metropolis; using CGI, experts re-create the city's final moments and reveal its links to the greatest lost land of all -- Atlantis.
Vikings: American Quest A Dream Is Born From History
In Norway, archaeologists, medieval experts and local boat builders have gathered to explore the secrets found in the skeletal remains of centuries-old Viking ships.
Mysteries From Above Desert Mysteries
Investigate an abandoned village in the shifting sands on Dubai's outskirts and a collection of inexplicable stone circles in Colombia; a mysterious hilltop tower in Iran and a puzzling purple phenomenon in Chile's Atacama Desert.
Unearthed Sunken City of Helike: The Hunt for the Real Atlantis
In 373 B.C., the Greek city of Helike vanished; archaeologists believe they've found the ruins of the great lost metropolis; using CGI, experts re-create the city's final moments and reveal its links to the greatest lost land of all -- Atlantis.
Secrets of the Lost Liners SS America
Two women designers construct one of the longest-serving liners in history; the dramatic shipwreck in the Canary Islands.
Vikings: American Quest A Dream Is Born From History
In Norway, archaeologists, medieval experts and local boat builders have gathered to explore the secrets found in the skeletal remains of centuries-old Viking ships.
Mysteries From Above Desert Mysteries
Investigate an abandoned village in the shifting sands on Dubai's outskirts and a collection of inexplicable stone circles in Colombia; a mysterious hilltop tower in Iran and a puzzling purple phenomenon in Chile's Atacama Desert.
Unearthed Sunken City of Helike: The Hunt for the Real Atlantis
In 373 B.C., the Greek city of Helike vanished; archaeologists believe they've found the ruins of the great lost metropolis; using CGI, experts re-create the city's final moments and reveal its links to the greatest lost land of all -- Atlantis.
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.
Mysteries From Above Perplexing Patterns
Psychedelic swirls in the Utah wastelands; a bizarre configuration of circles in the Sahara; hidden lines with the help of a drone; a remote polka-dot lake in Canada.
World's Most Scenic River Journeys The Suwannee
Meandering through the black waters of a primordial river immortalized in a folk song.