NGC week: Lion, Nazis, Eiffel Tower, Alaska Troopers, Brain Games and more (VIDEOS)

By April MacIntyre Dec 12, 2011, 21:16 GMT

National Geographic Channel and Nat Geo WILD each has a kickass week of programming beginning with:

Rock Stars: Man v. Boulder
- NEW - TUESDAY at 8P et/pt

As the crew faces the biggest and most dangerous slope on the project, John finds himself with his back against the wall when he loses three more of his crew members.

Journey to the Edge of the Universe
WEDNESDAY at 9P et/pt

Travel up and out of our atmosphere, past the moon and planets, out of our solar system, to the nearest stars, nebulae, galaxies and beyond.

Pricing the Priceless
- NEW - THURSDAY starting at 8P et

Join engineer Kevin Cook as he attempts to put a cash value on some of the world's most iconic structures: The Eiffel Tower, the Great Pyramid, and Grand Central Station.

NAT GEO WILD
The Last Lions
- NEW - FRIDAY at 8P et/pt

Big Cat Week continues all this week. On Friday, from the lush wetlands of Botswana's Okavango Delta comes the suspense-filled tale of a determined lioness ready to risk everything to keep her family alive.
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Brain Games: Pay Attention!
SATURDAY at 8P et/pt

Brain Games brings viewers inside their own brains in a new and interactive way. On-screen mind tricks baffle the audience, and prominent neuroscientists and psychologists break down why viewers were fooled.

Alaska State Troopers:
Cowboy Fugitive
- NEW - SUNDAY at 10P et/pt

Get up close and personal with the gritty reality of what being a trooper really means - everything from rigorous training to wilderness disasters on some of the country's most merciless soil.
 
Hitler's GI Death Camp
- NEW - THIS SUNDAY at 9P et/pt

When Americans think of GI's and the Holocaust, they typically envision young soldiers liberating death camps. They don't think of American GI's themselves being victims in the Nazi's Final Solution. But in a place called Berga, American POW's became just that, working and dying as slave laborers in one of Hitler's most secretive concentration camps. This is their story.