Friday, December 5th TV listings for Smithsonian Channel Canada
Canada: Over the Edge Cape Breton Island
Take a bird's-eye-view of Cape Breton Island; soar above from the Canso Causeway to the Cape Breton Highlands, and see the Cabot Trail.
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.
World's Most Scenic River Journeys The Hudson River, USA
New York's Hudson River stretches 315 miles through natural landscapes, from the Adirondack Mountains to the George Washington Bridge and Statue of Liberty.
Canada: Over the Edge Cape Breton Island
Take a bird's-eye-view of Cape Breton Island; soar above from the Canso Causeway to the Cape Breton Highlands, and see the Cabot Trail.
Tomb Hunters Mystery of the Painted Mummy
Archaeologists discover a mysterious 2600-year-old coffin with a remarkable secret.
Extreme Weather Salvage Working Blind
Phil Risko's team at Northstar works fast to refloat a trawler that's been blown onto the shore of a national park in New Jersey; the team improvises to get it back to sea before it suffers further damage.
Inside Windsor Castle Four Divorces and a Fire
In 1972, the Queen celebrated her 25th wedding anniversary; she was photographed with the whole royal clan at Windsor, looking relaxed and happy; twenty years later, three of her four children were divorced and her beloved home had gone up in flames.
Tomb Hunters Mystery of the Painted Mummy
Archaeologists discover a mysterious 2600-year-old coffin with a remarkable secret.
The Pacific War in Color Shockwaves
Months after the Pearl Harbor attack, shock waves reverberate in every corner of the Pacific; Americans deploy to stem the enemy's advance; after culture clashes, Allied forces later bond over efforts to thwart Japan's move to control New Guinea.
Mysteries From Above It's Getting Hot in Here
Get a birds-eye view of a mysterious, massive explosion in China and a quickly melting glacier on Earths iciest continent; investigate a strange orange haze enveloping the Big Apple, then float over a toxic, too-hot-to-handle lake in New Zealand.
Unearthed Mystery of Egypt's Zodiac Temple: Secrets of Dendera
The Dendera Temple is one of the best-preserved temples in all of Egypt; experts decipher its mystifying zodiac images and uncover the ceremonial events that took place at this sacred site, and stunning CGI rebuilds this grand complex in its prime.
Greatest Escapes of World War II
Revisit Colditz Castle, a Nazi fortress where breakouts featured human catapults and clever disguises; meet the pilots who staged the famed Great Escape from a Polish stalag; see how 32 POWs pulled off the Warburg Wire Job in just one minute.
Air Warriors B-24 Liberator
The most-produced bomber in US history, used during World War II by every branch of the American military, as well as by the Royal Air Force.
Rise of Dictators Cult of Personality
Uncover the sinister ways that dictators convince their followers to worship them as heroes; watch how they weave mythical narratives around their abilities, selling themselves as saviors who should hold absolute power over the people.
Greatest Escapes of World War II
Revisit Colditz Castle, a Nazi fortress where breakouts featured human catapults and clever disguises; meet the pilots who staged the famed Great Escape from a Polish stalag; see how 32 POWs pulled off the Warburg Wire Job in just one minute.
Air Warriors B-24 Liberator
The most-produced bomber in US history, used during World War II by every branch of the American military, as well as by the Royal Air Force.
Rise of Dictators Cult of Personality
Uncover the sinister ways that dictators convince their followers to worship them as heroes; watch how they weave mythical narratives around their abilities, selling themselves as saviors who should hold absolute power over the people.
Murderous History London Blitz Killer
When a body is discovered in a bombed-out London church, investigators race to determine if it was caused by the Nazi Blitz or a local killer.
Greatest Escapes of World War II
Revisit Colditz Castle, a Nazi fortress where breakouts featured human catapults and clever disguises; meet the pilots who staged the famed Great Escape from a Polish stalag; see how 32 POWs pulled off the Warburg Wire Job in just one minute.
Air Warriors B-24 Liberator
The most-produced bomber in US history, used during World War II by every branch of the American military, as well as by the Royal Air Force.
Rise of Dictators Cult of Personality
Uncover the sinister ways that dictators convince their followers to worship them as heroes; watch how they weave mythical narratives around their abilities, selling themselves as saviors who should hold absolute power over the people.
Cosmic Vistas Lords of Gravity: Outer Limits
A fleet of spacecraft orbits, and sometimes lands on the surface of, Mars.
Cosmic Vistas Hidden Havens: Icy Gems
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all have exotic atmospheres, liquid interiors and rings.
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 Out of Place
Strange aquatic mammals populating a river in Columbia; a ship marooned in a sea of sand along Namibia's notorious Skeleton Coast; a Boeing 727 jetliner hidden in a pine forest; an unusual pattern is discovered in the Nevada desert.