Crews will battle it out over a 4.25 mile stretch of the River Thames, between Putney and Mortlake. The cherished Liverpool vessel crossed the River Mersey for more than four decades. Londoners ...

A Story Map with detailed tour can be found here. The brackish water of the Thames River generally does not freeze completely and thus provides an open-water refuge for Hooded Mergansers, Black Ducks, ...