SG1 - Navy Newstand: Stargate Stars Film Movie Aboard USS Alexandria

[morjana]

From the Navy Newstand:

http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...story_id=28895

Stargate Stars Film Movie Aboard USS Alexandria at the Polar Ice Pack

Release Date: 4/18/2007 4:30:00 PM

(There's a photo of the USS Alexandria breaking through the ice at the site. http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=44187 Please follow the first link for the complete article._)

By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Barrie Barber, U.S. Fleet Forces Command Navy Reserve Public Affairs

ARCTIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2007, a joint U.S. Navy/Royal Navy training event on and under the Arctic ice turned Hollywood when Stargate SG-1 cast members headed north to film aboard USS Alexandria (SSN 757) after the nuclear-powered attack submarine punched through the polar ice pack March 28.

ICEX played the perfect part in the film "Stargate: Continuum," serving as the backdrop for the movie as the 360-foot, 7,100-ton submarine surfaced from the frigid depths through the ice launching the conning tower under a giant "X," right on cue.

"That was unbelievable," said Stargate star Amanda Tapping, who plays U.S. Air Force Col. Samantha Carter. "They hit that 'X' better than any actor I've ever seen."

**snippage**


There's an additional article at this link:

http://www.news.navy.mil/search/disp...story_id=28600

(Please follow the link for the complete article.)

ICEX 2007 Camp Inhabitants Battle Harsh Arctic to Support Underwater Exercise

Movie stars and a film crew filmed aboard the USS Alexandria (SSN 757) and used the camp as a base of operations during the making of the motion picture ”Stargate SG-1: Continuum.”

The submarine acted as a rescue vessel for series characters trapped in the barren, endless icescape.

“It was amazing,” said Stargate SG-1 actress Amanda Tapping, who plays Col. Samantha Carter. “It’s just so different. It’s just the thought being out here in the middle of the Arctic sitting on a block of ice with 40 other people.”

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Fans might want to check out the earlier threads on the APLIS filming at

Photo of SG-1 cast on location for the 2nd Stargate movie *spoilers*

http://forum.gateworld.net/showthrea...ighlight=aplis

has a great team photo out on the ice

and

Stargate: Continuum to Film Scenes in the Arctic
http://forum.gateworld.net/showthrea...11#post6554511

http://forum.gateworld.net/showpost....1&postcount=77 (which has links to the 'postcards' accounts/photos of the SG actors in the Arctic)

[morjana]

An additional article that references SG1:

SG1 - Norwich Bulletin: USS Alexandria returns to Groton

From the Norwich Bulletin (Norwich, CT):

http://www.norwichbulletin.com/apps/.../70424020/1002

(Please follow the link for the complete article.)

USS Alexandria returns to Groton Wednesday


The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine, the USS Alexandria, will return home to Naval Submarine Base New London Wednesday following a regularly scheduled training exercise.

During the exercise, the Alexandria surfaced through two feet of ice during ICEX-07, a U.S. Navy and Royal Navy exercise conducted on and under a drifting ice floe about 180 nautical miles off the north coast of Alaska.

The training event turned Hollywood when “Stargate SG-1” cast members headed north to film aboard Alexandria after the nuclear-powered attack submarine punched through the polar ice pack March 28.

An underwater range in the frigid depths of the Beaufort Sea allowed the U.S. and Royal navies to hone tactics, communication and navigation under the polar ice pack.