Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-166.147.104.44-20140928234845/@comment-1294345-20141127153930

Sure, a version of Survivor filmed in the cold, but two things:
 * The human body favors warm weather, whether (pun not intended) it's a beach setting like the Philippines, inland (Gabon/Tocantins) or a desert (Africa). You cannot survive a month in the freezing weather, especially as treacherous as the Himalayas. Don't you know how many climbers get killed yearly while climbing Mt. Everest? You don't sweat, you pee a lot to compensate. Also, making fire would be a million times more essential, so might as well toss in some free flint for the tribes. Other than that, the castaways would be frozen to death.
 * No hot girls on bikinis.

Oh by the way, Survivor 30 is confirmed to be all newbies. Source