Jamaica Chosen for Regional Tracking Center

North Pole Flight Command has announced that Christmas Island, Jamaica will be home to the Regional Tracking Center for Sector 4:

Elf Tubby Ryder and his team of elves from the North Pole are expected to get the new regional center operating very quickly.

This is the 2nd time in recent years that a regional center has been located in the Caribbean. Elf Supervisor Tubby was instrumental in the site selection process and said the favorable December weather as well as the location that is central to the sector were major factors in the decision.

“Many people do not realize how vast the space is that we have to cover and how diverse that space is,” Elf Tubby says. “We have millions upon millions of believers in South America to the south but all the way up north in Greenland there are relatively few numbers of people. Then we have the island nations of the sea, much like Sector 1 in the Pacific only ours are in the areas of the Atlantic. Tiny island nations with lots of people. Plus the open waters of the Atlantic where there are major shipping lanes and ships at sea – they all have to be visited by Santa. Our work is spread far and wide. Jamaica is central it all and we need a place where weather is good to provide steady support for Santa.”

Elf Tubby also acknowledged the dependence of his team on support from the North Pole Navy. He notes that two ships of the North Pole Navy customarily patrol the waters of Sector 4 in support of flight operations.

Elf Tubby expects to be sending instructions to tracker elves from the new Regional Tracking Center in Jamaica in about a week.

About this Elf: Elf Harold Star

Elf Harold Star is a veteran news reporter and editor formerly with the North Pole Gazette. He has reported North Pole News for more than 50 years. His new assignment here at SantaTrackers.net will be to help the elf community online to develop their own news publication. Elf Harold lives at the North Pole with his wife, 4 cats and 3 very scared goldfish.