Elf Meg Nogg
Elf Meg Nogg
Elf News Reporter at North Pole News Network
Elf Meg graduated from Southern North Pole University with a degree in journalism. For several years she was a star reporter for the North Pole Gazette and then briefly served as a producer for North Pole Radio News. She brings her experience in media to North Pole Flight Command, serving as both an Elf News Reporter for North Pole Radio News and Managing Editor of North Pole Flight Command.com
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Test Flights End

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The test flights of Santa’s sleigh have ended. In an announcement made by Santa to his Tracker Elves it was explained that the test pilots, reindeer and sleighs will wrap up their current flights over Alaska today and head home to the North Pole.

Just one final test flight of Santa’s sleigh remains, the one scheduled December 23rd in the hours before Santa’s launch.

Santa mentioned that the test flights are ending due to continual hacks of North Pole Internet operations and that to lock down systems it was prudent to end the flights. The sleigh was only on Version 2, and it has been in test flight mode since last June.

“We are confident in the abilities of this sleigh,” said Elf Roger Star, Director of North Pole Flight Command, “Never in history have we have a sleigh design that has performed as well as this one. Speed records have been set. Altitude records have been set. We see unprecedented maneuverability with this sleigh and outstanding performance in every way. With this sleigh Santa is well equipped to take his ride this year.”

Despite the ending of test flights there are a lot of things yet to be accomplished before Santa launches next week.

Stay tuned.

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Elf Meg Nogg
Elf Meg Nogg
Elf News Reporter at North Pole News Network
Elf Meg graduated from Southern North Pole University with a degree in journalism. For several years she was a star reporter for the North Pole Gazette and then briefly served as a producer for North Pole Radio News. She brings her experience in media to North Pole Flight Command, serving as both an Elf News Reporter for North Pole Radio News and Managing Editor of North Pole Flight Command.com
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North Pole Navy Starts to Reposition

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The North Pole Navy has started their repositioning mission to be in place ahead of Santa’s flight. Orders were passed to the fleet today via North Pole Flight Command. This is where they are headed:

SS Jingle Bell – Headed to the North Pacific
SS Snowball – Steaming towards the South Pacific
SS Tannenbaum – Destined for the Gulf of Mexico
SS Donner – Staying in the mid-Atlantic
SS Eggnog – Headed for the Indian Ocean
SS Mistletoe – To ne anchored in the Philippine Sea
SS Frosty – Steaming to the Bay of Bengal

There are several smaller vessels that will be working as part of Operation Merry Christmas this year. We do not know their name, their number nor their destinations yet.

The North Pole Navy positions these ships to support flight operations and to serve as mobile, back-up Regional Tracking Centers.

Their movement is coordinated with the efforts of Operation Airlift, a deployment of thousands of freighter sleighs, scout teams and other support aircraft that fly both in advance of and during Santa’s flight.

We will keep you posted on this breaking story.

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Elf News Reporter at North Pole News Network
Elf Meg graduated from Southern North Pole University with a degree in journalism. For several years she was a star reporter for the North Pole Gazette and then briefly served as a producer for North Pole Radio News. She brings her experience in media to North Pole Flight Command, serving as both an Elf News Reporter for North Pole Radio News and Managing Editor of North Pole Flight Command.com
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Iceland Tracking Center to Re-Open

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Just weeks ago, out of an abundance of caution, Santa ordered the Regional Tracking Center for Sector 3 in Iceland to close and to move operations temporarily to Norway. Now it appears the Iceland tracking center will re-open very soon.

“The truth of the matter is that the move to Norway was for safety reasons,” said Elf Roger Star, director of North Pole Flight Command. “The North Pole State Department has been in contact with Iceland authorities, as well as experts in travel, seismic science and volcanos, and flight engineers at the North Pole and together have reviewed the situation thoroughly. We find conditions much different than they were weeks ago. It has been our intentional all along to anchor the tracking of Santa for Santa in Iceland and we want to keep our commitments there. So we’re going back.”

The move will happen as fast as the change to Norway – and it will be a seamless process, once again.

The purpose of the regional tracking centers are to focus on flight operations, Santa tracking, weather monitoring and delivery needs in each sector. Sector 3 will have exceptional support for Santa’s ride again this year.

 

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Elf Meg graduated from Southern North Pole University with a degree in journalism. For several years she was a star reporter for the North Pole Gazette and then briefly served as a producer for North Pole Radio News. She brings her experience in media to North Pole Flight Command, serving as both an Elf News Reporter for North Pole Radio News and Managing Editor of North Pole Flight Command.com
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Santa to Meet with Tracker Elves

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Santa Claus has made time in his busy schedule to chat with Tracker Elves at SantaTrackers.net. The chat event is scheduled this coming Saturday, December 16th at 4pm EST in Elf Chat. This special chat is only for tracker elves who track Santa for Santa.

The time is the only available moment Santa has before launch to meet with trackers. That being the case, a follow-up chat for trackers will be held with Elf Crash Murphy on Friday, December 22nd at 6pm EST for last minute instruction. That chat will be held as tracker elves around the world begin to “check in” with North Pole Flight Command and it is just hours before the customary broadcast of “Tracking Santa Around the World” begins on Kringle Radio.

December 23rd is the biggest day on the calendar for tracking Santa, mostly because the time zones of the far South Pacific experience Christmas before anyone else in the world does.

Santa’s meeting with tracker elves will be to answer their questions about Santa’s flights, his plans for various areas of the world and to discuss what trackers need to be ready for as Santa flies.

Last minute tracker reports are common and some end up featured on the Kringle Radio tracking program during it’s 50-hours of broadcast.

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