What better environment for a bunch of cold-blooded LIZARDS to live than in near-arctic. The only thing missing are ROCKS for you to climb under to slither under. It's a real toss-up of who's the most ABHORED tribe of [humans?] on the planet - "The English" or "The Chinese".
Hey, there's even a proper BOOK on the subject ->
The English: Are They Human?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7326296-the-english
Don't kill the messenger...