Friday, December 19th TV listings for Smithsonian Channel Canada HD
Canada: Over the Edge Vancouver Island's Eastern Coastline
A rich mix of coastal towns, islands, inland mountains and seascapes from Nanaimo to Campbell River.
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 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.
Canada: Over the Edge Vancouver Island's Eastern Coastline
A rich mix of coastal towns, islands, inland mountains and seascapes from Nanaimo to Campbell River.
Uncovers the origins of the curses surrounding the Fabergé eggs, the Unlucky Mummy and more in a historical journey from revolutionary Russia to Ancient Egypt.
Examining 21st-century innovations that charted a new course for urbanites; peeking at cooling paint, nuclear fusion power, energy-generating floor tiles, innovative sponge, gardens and floating cities that can sustain their growing populations.
First Ladies Revealed In Times of War
Mary Lincoln, Eleanor Roosevelt and Laura Bush's role as First Ladies in calming the nation in times of war.
Uncovers the origins of the curses surrounding the Fabergé eggs, the Unlucky Mummy and more in a historical journey from revolutionary Russia to Ancient Egypt.
Hitler's Last Stand Panzer Rush
During the Battle of the Bulge, a young U.S. scout gets trapped behind enemy lines.
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.
Greatest Escapes of World War II
Examine how German soldiers used an erotic painting and other decoys to distract their captors as they tunnelled out of Island Farm POW camp in Wales; see how American bombardiers were smuggled out of Russia, and study a wartime Trojan Horse plot.
Air Warriors Top Ten Cold War
A countdown of the most influential and impactful military planes of the Cold War, from America's B-2 to the Soviet's MiG-15.
Rise of Dictators Holding On to Power
Dictators are characterized as charismatic, narcissistic and sadistic, but most of all by their thirst for power; once in power, holding on to it requires negotiation, coercion and force.
Greatest Escapes of World War II
Examine how German soldiers used an erotic painting and other decoys to distract their captors as they tunnelled out of Island Farm POW camp in Wales; see how American bombardiers were smuggled out of Russia, and study a wartime Trojan Horse plot.
Air Warriors Top Ten Cold War
A countdown of the most influential and impactful military planes of the Cold War, from America's B-2 to the Soviet's MiG-15.
Rise of Dictators Holding On to Power
Dictators are characterized as charismatic, narcissistic and sadistic, but most of all by their thirst for power; once in power, holding on to it requires negotiation, coercion and force.
Alaska Aircrash Investigations Forest Flight Down
Investigators try to determine what caused a routine commuter flight to crash.
Greatest Escapes of World War II
Examine how German soldiers used an erotic painting and other decoys to distract their captors as they tunnelled out of Island Farm POW camp in Wales; see how American bombardiers were smuggled out of Russia, and study a wartime Trojan Horse plot.
Air Warriors Top Ten Cold War
A countdown of the most influential and impactful military planes of the Cold War, from America's B-2 to the Soviet's MiG-15.
Rise of Dictators Holding On to Power
Dictators are characterized as charismatic, narcissistic and sadistic, but most of all by their thirst for power; once in power, holding on to it requires negotiation, coercion and force.
Cosmic Vistas The Curiosity of Mars
A vehicle the size of a small car spent a year on Mars.
Cosmic Vistas Constellations
Historical and modern examinations of constellations.
World's Most Scenic River Journeys The St Lawrence
The St. Lawrence River is one that forged North America, allowing ships to traverse the continent; the adventure begins in Canada's first capital city of Kingston and near Canada's second largest city of Montreal.
Mysteries From Above Mysteries of the Misplaced
Peek at landmarks in places where they shouldn't be; wing your way over an imperial pyramid in the Netherlands, a metal sphere in remote Russia, a lion shape carved into an English hillside and a bare swath cut through an Austrian forest.