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FRONTLINE: STORM OVER EVEREST Tuesday at 9pm

On May 10, 1996, a fast-moving storm of unimaginable ferocity trapped three climbing teams on the slopes of Mount Everest. This is the story of 11 climbers caught in the storm and the eyewitness accounts of their astonishing survival in the world's most unforgiving environment.

ADIRONDACKS Wednesday at 9pm

Sprawled across six million acres in upstate New York, the Adirondack Park is by far the largest park in the lower 48 states. Through the varied perspectives of several passionate characters, this high-definition program explores the remarkable history, seasonal landscape and current state of the Adirondacks.

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: FDR
Monday at 9pm

"The Center of the World" explores Roosevelt's family background and education, looking for clues to the coddled rich child's ascent to political success. It follows him from his very first run for political office as New York state senator through his years in Washington as assistant secretary of the navy, as he pursues the highest office in the land. This segment also tells the story of FDR's courtship of his distant cousin, Eleanor Roosevelt, and their troubled marriage, including FDR's affair with Eleanor's social secretary, Lucy Mercer. The affair, which nearly ended the marriage, encouraged Eleanor to embrace a life of her own and become politically active.

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ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: LAS VEGAS HOUR 1
Monday at 8pm

Appraisers at the Las Vegas Convention Center don't need sleight-of-hand techniques to pull amazing discoveries out of the crowd, including drawings by the legendary folk musician Woody Guthrie; an heirloom early-19th-century tavern clock made by Aaron Willard of the renowned Boston clock manufacturing family; and a fabulous five-carat, Asscher-cut diamond ring, inherited from the owner's grandfather. The tearful owner realizes she's hit pay dirt when the ring is valued at $165,000 to $175,000.

NOVA: A WALK TO BEAUTIFUL
Tuesday at 8pm

This program tells the story of three women in Ethiopia suffering from devastating childbirth injuries. Rejected by their husbands and ostracized by their communities, the women are left to spend the rest of their lives in loneliness and shame. NOVA follows each of them on their journey to a special hospital in Addis Ababa, where they find solace for the first time in years, and stays with them as their lives begin to change. The trials they endure and their attempts to rebuild their lives tell a universal story of hope, courage and transformation.

SECRETS OF THE DEAD: SINKING ATLANTIS
Wednesday at 8pm

Five thousand years ago, the Minoans, Europe's first great civilization, flourished on the island of Crete. They were the first Europeans to use writing, and their technologically advanced and rich artistic culture became the setting for famous Greek myths about Theseus, Icarus and the Minotaur. "Sinking Atlantis" explores- and discounts- all the usual theories about the disappearance of the Minoans.

THIS OLD HOUSE HOUR: NEWTON PROJECT
Thursday at 8pm

Kevin O'Connor drives up to the house to find general contractor Tom Silva helping load up a truck for the "Building Materials Resource Center", a local non-profit that will be selling the project's surplus materials to needy homeowners at discounted prices. In the basement, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey gives an update on the mechanical systems.