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ARCTIC DRIFT
Wednesday, January 3, 8 PM

Join scientists on the most ambitious Arctic research expedition of all time. Experts from over twenty different nations join the voyage of the massive Polarstern icebreaker as it’s gripped by the polar ice and drifts for nearly an entire year. Facing hungry polar bears, perilous sea ice cracks, and brutal cold, the team strives to understand the forces that are changing the region — and the world — forever.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 01/03/4024 @ 8:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 01/04/4024 @ 12:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 01/04/4024 @ 12:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 01/05/4024 @ 4:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 01/07/4024 @ 2:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Tue, 01/09/4024 @ 11:00 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Tue, 01/09/4024 @ 6:00 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 01/10/4024 @ 7:00 AM
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Arctic Drift Preview

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Join scientists on a daring polar voyage to uncover the Arctic’s climate secrets.

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High-Risk High-Rise Preview

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Can skyscrapers be made safer, more efficient, and livable in our rapidly growing cities?

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HIGH-RISK HIGH-RISE
Wednesday, January 10, 8 PM

Gleaming symbols of prestige, skyscrapers are an ingenious way to save space in dense urban areas. But even as we devise ways to defend them against fires, wind, and earthquakes, can we also make them more livable, interactive, and eco-friendly?

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 01/10/4024 @ 8:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 01/11/4024 @ 12:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 01/11/4024 @ 12:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 01/12/4024 @ 4:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 01/14/4024 @ 2:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Tue, 01/16/4024 @ 11:00 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Tue, 01/16/4024 @ 6:00 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 01/17/4024 @ 7:00 AM

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ULTIMATE SPACE TELESCOPE
Wednesday, January 17, 8 PM

Follow the dramatic story of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope – the most complex machine ever launched into space – in hopes of peering deeper back in time than ever before and answering some of astronomy’s biggest questions.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 01/17/4024 @ 8:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 01/18/4024 @ 12:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 01/18/4024 @ 12:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 01/19/4024 @ 4:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 01/21/4024 @ 2:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Tue, 01/23/4024 @ 11:00 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Tue, 01/23/4024 @ 6:00 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 01/24/4024 @ 7:00 AM
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Ultimate Space Telescope Preview

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Discover how NASA engineers built and launched the most ambitious telescope of all time.

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ICEMAN REBORN
Wednesday, January 24, 8 PM

Watch as Otzi, a 5000-year-old mummy, is brought to life and preserved with 3D modeling.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 01/24/4024 @ 8:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 01/25/4024 @ 12:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 01/25/4024 @ 12:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 01/26/4024 @ 4:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 01/28/4024 @ 2:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Tue, 01/30/4024 @ 11:00 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Tue, 01/30/4024 @ 6:00 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 01/31/4024 @ 7:00 AM

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WHEN WHALES COULD WALK
Wednesday, January 31, 8 PM

A spectacular fossil graveyard reveals a 43-million-year-old whale that had four legs and could walk. Follow scientists as they search for new clues to how mammals moved from land into the sea to become the largest animals on Earth.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 01/31/4024 @ 8:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 02/01/4024 @ 12:00 PM
Giant fossils uncovered in the Sahara Desert reveal new secrets of how whales evolved.
Ahmed Mosaad/CC BY-SA 4.0