SBS has revealed that Alone Australia Season 4 will be set in the Arctic Circle. SBS, please explain.

 

For four years I’ve been asking, ‘When will they set Alone Australia in the desert/tropics/somewhere where people can’t freeze to death? I want to watch someone fend off a croc’.

It seems I’ll have to continue to wait for that answer, as today we learnt that the next season of Alone Australia won’t be set in Australia, nor the Southern Hemisphere, but instead, in the Arctic Circle.

‘In 2026, 10 new participants head to the Northern Hemisphere winter where subzero temperatures, deep snows, frozen lakes and icy forests await’, SBS says.

‘Contestants will have to rely on their wits and ingenuity to be the last person standing and take home the $250,000 prize.’

Read more: Alone Australia Season 3 Finale – Episodes 11, 12 & The Reunion, Recapped!

Is this rage bait SBS? Why can’t we challenge Aussies with the unrelenting climate, fauna, and landscapes that make Australia unique? Not to mention that Aussie survival skills often lack experience with bears and wolves.

It’s fair to say, the We Are Explorers work chat is blowing up.

 

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