Smithsonian HD Network British Commandos raid two occupied Norwegian islands to wipe out fish oil factories used to make explosives. 2026-05-05 The first invasion of the Italian Campaign of WWII: Operation Husky. 2026-05-05 A secret British regiment in 1942 led a daring raid on a Nazi-occupied Libyan harbor. 2026-05-05 An elite squad of Norwegians destroy a power plant in 1943 that the Nazis may have been using for nuclear weapons research. 2026-05-05 Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 stalls and crashes into the Java Sea while flying through a thunderstorm. 2026-05-05 A modern turboprop nosedives towards the North Sea after being struck by lightning, an unusual feature in the plane may explain why. 2026-05-05 SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River in Indonesia after abruptly diving from its cruise altitude. 2026-05-05 Three flights headed for disaster are saved at the last moment by heroes in the cockpit. 2026-05-05 Pilots of Eastern Airline Flight 401 try to determine why both landing-gear lights do not function on an L-1011, tragically distracting them. 2026-05-05 An Alitalia airliner crashes into a forested hillside just a few miles from a Zurich runway. 2026-05-05 This 50-year-old ocean liner offers off-season Baltic tours, battling unpredictable weather to deliver one-of-a-kind experiences. 2026-05-05 One of Holland America Line's largest cruisers makes its debut in the Caribbean, highlighted by a visit to an exclusive private island resort. 2026-05-05 Experience romance on a mega cruiser that pampers its guests with the best of Italian design and American convenience. 2026-05-05 The world's latest, most-advanced expedition cruise ship Roald Amundsen whisks passengers on an adventurous voyage to Antarctica. 2026-05-05 Japan's largest cruise ship brings East and West together on a cruise featuring cherry. 2026-05-05 We hop aboard a seven-day cruise to the Canary Islands and Madeira aboard the first large liner to run purely on cleaner-burning liquefied natural gas. 2026-05-05 Hector Rail's trains haul timber to a pulp mill in Ostrand, Sweden on some of the most difficult railways in the country. 2026-05-05 A trip through Lima details the voyage's breathtaking scenery and engineering challenges. 2026-05-05 The Glacier Express features cutting-edge technology to pull the train up the steepest slopes on its route across the Swiss Alps. 2026-05-05 The Norwegian Breakaway cruise ship sets sail on her first voyage, and her captain faces a tough decision when a North Atlantic tempest forms. 2026-05-05 Follow the building of the Norwegian Breakaway at Germany's Meyer-Werft shipyard; it is the largest ship they've ever built and they have only 18 months to finish it. 2026-05-05 The world's most adventurous cruise ship, MS Fram, battles ice-choked fjords of Greenland to visit wildlife and icebergs. 2026-05-05 Sailing from Chile and Peru to Ecuador and Costa Rica, the luxurious Seven Seas Explorer cruise ship is full of marble, granite and almost 500 chandeliers. 2026-05-05 Norwegian Joy sails amid icebergs in Alaska's Inside Passage, treating guests to glaciers, humpback whales, and the largest zip line in the world. 2026-05-05 SOFIA, the largest airborne observatory in the world, boasts a 17-ton telescope capable of making observations impossible for ground-based telescopes. 2026-05-06 On Europe's high-speed rail network, between Barcelona and Madrid, crews work to expand the infrastructure for a new train. 2026-05-06 We follow passengers and crew aboard Viking Star during its two-week tour from Barcelona to its home port in Bergen, Norway. 2026-05-06 The new Viking Sea cruise ship whisks guests away on a journey across the Arctic Circle and into the heart of Norway. 2026-05-06 VIA Rail's passenger train travels between Vancouver and Toronto on four-day, four-night journey that cater to everyone. 2026-05-06 Travel aboard the colourful trains of the State Railway of Thailand and explore the famed Death Railway; the trains travel through ancient areas, historic tunnels, and raging rivers. 2026-05-06 Take a cruise where the guests choose the ports to visit and the captain and crew work overtime to make it happen. 2026-05-06 The only cruise ship designed specifically to navigate the treasures and dangers at the southern tip of South America. 2026-05-06 Follow mega cruiser Regal Princess as she whisks guests to Germany, Russia, and Scandinavia in style. 2026-05-06 The Carnival Vista is the new flagship for one of the world's largest cruise lines, carrying more than 4,600 passengers and boasting 10 restaurants, nearly 2,000 staterooms and a crew of 1,400. 2026-05-06 Traveling to New York, Denver and Nice, France to visit Little Island, the Denver Museum of Art and La Tête Carrée; the secrets to how they were built is revealed. 2026-05-06 Visiting the Vancouver House, Norway's Under restaurant and the Seattle Central Library to discover how these visionary buildings were created. 2026-05-06 A towering bridge in France; upside-down hotel in China; Italy's forest into the sky. 2026-05-06 The engineering secrets behind the world's steepest mountain railway, a remodeled 145-year-old museum and a futuristic condo. 2026-05-06 Building an eco-friendly visitor center in the permafrost on Colorado's Pikes Peak tests the team. A museum is constructed in a disused dry dock that's in danger of collapse. 2026-05-06 Traveling from Canada to Belgium to the Southern U.S. to examine an eye-popping school, museum and railway station and reveal how they were built. 2026-05-06 Mike joins the Assault Craft Unit 5, the U.S. Navy's team for Landing Craft Air Cushions (LCACs); LCACs carry heavy vehicles and troops onto beaches; Mike helps fly & fix an overhauled LCAC during a U.S. Marines beach assault training mission. 2026-05-06 Nevada has over 40,000 abandoned mines posing dangers; Mike joins contractors for a week to secure five sites; alongside biologists, they explore and document wildlife; reaching these isolated mines requires barges, helicopters and bulldozers. 2026-05-06 A ride on the Panama Canal Railway reveals the track repairs, engine overhauls and dangerous searches involved in keeping vital freight runs rolling. 2026-05-06 A crew and its massive air crane helicopter haul millions of pounds of timber while battling the elements and handling emergency repairs. 2026-05-06 Uncovering the design and engineering secrets behind the Grand Canyon Skywalk, the Audain Museum and more. 2026-05-06 The inside stories behind a new, horseshoe-shaped complex in Rotterdam, a rock-shaped opera house in China and a makeover of the British Museum. 2026-05-06 Exploring the engineering and architectural masterpieces like The Copper in Manhattan to Gardens By the Bay in Singapore. 2026-05-06 Engineers grapple with an apartment building, ripped apart by a man-made canyon; the Gateway Arch takes shape in St. Louis; an unpromising plot in Copenhagen, Denmark, is transformed by a gleaming new triangular office. 2026-05-06 Alien port authority in Belgium; ultrathin skyscraper in Manhattan; hanging museum in Scotland. 2026-05-07