Santa’s Journal

Mission Details November 21, 2006

Good evening boys and girls,

As you heard in my speech to all the elves last week, I have been notified of a security risk in the North Pole that requires urgent attention. The NPSF (North Pole Snowball Forces) have submitted a report detailing the security threat. Since it has a direct impact on all of you, I’ve decided to share it right here.

Most of you probably don’t know this, we have a diagnostic system onboard my sleigh. Diagnostic is a big word, so I’ll explain: I have a very small box installed in a safe compartment underneath the sleigh. This box gathers information from the sleigh whenever it’s in flight. It monitors the speed, the mileage, the external temperature, and balance. All of this information is sent to a team of elves in the communications centre do that they can keep on eye on my condition throughout the night. If they find any problems, they can notify Rudolph and I, and we can fix the problem.

In order for this data to be sent to the North Pole, the SleighPod (the box) sends the data on a wireless network to a set of receivers in the North Pole. Right now, there are 15 receivers, and we plan to install 5 more next year. These receivers are very important, and I have learned that one of the receivers has stopped working. It was installed close to the Arctic Ocean, and there were several large pieces of ice that crashed onto the shore and knocked out the receiver.

I have asked Bruno, one of the Logisitic Officers for the NPSF to come up with a plan of action to fix the problem. Of course, if you have any ideas, write them here. You never know, maybe you’ll have the best solution to the problem. I have given Bruno one week to get back to me. At that time, I’ll let you know what decisions we’ve made!

Love,