Thursday, November 27th TV listings for Smithsonian Channel Canada
Cosmic Vistas Landsat
Examining Landsat 8, the advanced planetary explorer with a 900 million dollar price tag, which is designed to reveal complex and ever-changing details undetectable by the human eye.
Paid programming.
Canada: Over the Edge Vancouver Island's Northern Coastline
From scenic Telegraph Cove, around Cape Scott Provincial Park, and beyond.
Cosmic Vistas Constellations
Historical and modern examinations of constellations.
Cosmic Vistas Dark Energy
Studies are currently under way looking for evidence of dark energy in the movement of galaxies.
Inside the Tower of London The Navy is Coming
A behind-the-scenes look at the meticulous preparations involved in carrying out the Tower's biggest naval event: the Constable's Dues.
Sacred Sites Malta
A team of archaeologists and scientists search Malta's sacred sites to explain why a flourishing ancient civilization vanished.
Extreme Ice Machines Extreme Elements
A helicopter made for extreme environments aids US Army rescue efforts in some of the most harsh conditions; a trio of small but capable tugboats moves cargo vessels through the busiest port of Alaska.
Inside the Tower of London The Navy is Coming
A behind-the-scenes look at the meticulous preparations involved in carrying out the Tower's biggest naval event: the Constable's Dues.
Sacred Sites Malta
A team of archaeologists and scientists search Malta's sacred sites to explain why a flourishing ancient civilization vanished.
Surviving WWII Unarmed
Sit down with civilians who got caught in the crossfire; learn how an 11-year-old Jewish boy hid from the Nazis; meet an unjustly imprisoned Japanese-American who served his country; relive a young woman's Blitz experience.
Engineering Repurposed Aeroplane Wing to House & Corn Exchange to Theatre
From a Boeing 747 transformed into a residential roof to a revolutionary sci-fi theatre made from a relic of the Industrial Revolution, looking at two showstopping structures that have pushed repurposing innovation to its absolute limits.
Legends of the Pharaohs Downfall of a Dynasty
Egyptologists examine ancient sites and relics to determine what brought the age of the pyramids to an end.
Viking Quest: America The North
The Draken and its crew finally get sailing after a lengthy period of construction and refitting; they face rough weather off the Faroe Islands before making their way to Iceland and the landing site of Erik the Red.
Mysteries From Above Mysteries of the Abandoned
The view from above reveals a derelict complex of pod-like structures with seemingly alien origins; a bewildering concrete construction in the mountains of Bosnia; a puzzling collection of out of place shapes discarded in the wilds of Greenland.
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.
Viking Quest: America The North
The Draken and its crew finally get sailing after a lengthy period of construction and refitting; they face rough weather off the Faroe Islands before making their way to Iceland and the landing site of Erik the Red.
Mysteries From Above Mysteries of the Abandoned
The view from above reveals a derelict complex of pod-like structures with seemingly alien origins; a bewildering concrete construction in the mountains of Bosnia; a puzzling collection of out of place shapes discarded in the wilds of Greenland.
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 From Above Behind the Myths
Revealing the truth behind the planet's ancient legends; touring an island covered in polar bears, twin craters in Greece, peeking at a supervolcano hidden under Yellowstone Park and examining an ocean formation that's eerily similar to Atlantis.
Viking Quest: America The North
The Draken and its crew finally get sailing after a lengthy period of construction and refitting; they face rough weather off the Faroe Islands before making their way to Iceland and the landing site of Erik the Red.
Mysteries From Above Mysteries of the Abandoned
The view from above reveals a derelict complex of pod-like structures with seemingly alien origins; a bewildering concrete construction in the mountains of Bosnia; a puzzling collection of out of place shapes discarded in the wilds of Greenland.
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 From Above Mysterious Monuments
Traipsing along ancient pathways criss-crossing Easter Island; finding gigantic designs carved into Asia's Eastern Steppe; ascending a tall pyramid rising from Antarctica's icy landscape.
Canada: Over the Edge Vancouver Island's Western Coastline
A collection of scenic towns, parks and coastal rainforest unique in the world.
Cosmic Vistas Eclipses
Lunar and solar eclipses.
Cosmic Vistas What Stars Are Made of
An exploration of the astrophysics of stars creating matter.