The film was primarily shot in Iceland, which portrayed the fictional Alaskan village of Ennis. The fourth season of the crime drama series takes place during the polar night, when the sun does not rise above the horizon and continuous darkness lasts for days or months. The plot centers on a research station located 150 miles north of the Arctic Circle, where eight employees disappear without a trace. Detectives Liz Danvers and Evangeline Navarro, played by Jodie Foster and former world boxing champion Kali Reis, must investigate the disappearance. The creators drew inspiration from real northern Alaskan communities such as Kotzebue, Nome, and Barrow (Utqiaġvik), and the director and screenwriter visited these locations during pre-production. Iceland's developed film industry and generous tax incentives for film and television productions made it an ideal stand-in for the harsh Alaskan landscape. Various Icelandic towns, including Dalvík, Keflavík, and Reykjavík, were transformed with artificial snow, old wooden power line poles, and American signage to convincingly recreate the remote Alaskan atmosphere.

Filming Locations:

Board of Trade Saloon and Casino

In the Film

Scene where the town is shown in wide shots to convey to the viewer the sense of a harsh and remote Alaska, which became the basis for the fictional Ennis. The Board of Trade Saloon on Front Street is one of the most recognizable points in Nome and helps create an authentic Alaskan atmosphere in the frame.

In Reality

The scene was filmed at the historic Board of Trade Saloon on Front Street in Nome, Alaska. Nome is a small town on the northern edge of the Bering Sea, near the Arctic Circle, famous as a major center during the Alaska gold rush in the late 19th century. The series uses wide shots of Nome that appear throughout the action and help establish the Alaskan backdrop of the story.