User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter X Discussion/@comment-5020152-20150808212626/@comment-4009941-20150821083419

@Lasatar One fact you forget. Though not in game, according to the map the Snowy Mountains is next to the ocean. Just not the hunting area. Look at the map and it makes perfect sense how they can live there. They just have to be far north out of the hunting zone.