A small stone hut built in 1929 deep in the Snowy Mountains to provide emergency shelter provided a vital bolthole for two young men caught unawares by the sudden arrival of the so-called "polar front" now pushing snow and sub-zero temperatures into alpine areas of NSW and the ACT.
Seamans Hut, located just off the popular Mt Kosciuszko summit walk, was reached by the two bushwalkers as the weather closed in. They took shelter as wild, icy winds topped 100km/h and heavy snow fell.
