Live: NORAD & Google Tracking Santa Claus

Thanks to modern technology, people can track Santa Claus as he makes his way around the globe, with the North American Aerospace Defense Command [NORAD] and Google both providing online trackers.

The NORAD tracker follows Santa Claus as he leaves the North Pole and delivers presents to children around the world, and the tracker normally shows Santa making a brief stop in Bermuda, generally this occurs after he visits the USA, which tends to be anywhere from 10pm to midnight.

Created by a 1958 agreement between Canada and the United States, the North American Aerospace Defense Command [NORAD] is responsible for the aerospace and maritime defense of both countries.

The Santa program began in 1955, when a Sears department store placed an advertisement which told children that they could telephone Santa Claus and included a number for them to call, however the phone number printed was incorrect.

NORAD’s Santa Tracker

The calls instead went to the CONAD Air Defense Command Center, and Colonel Harry Shoup told his staff to give all children who called in a “current location” for Santa Claus. A tradition began which continued when NORAD replaced CONAD in 1958.

Today, NORAD relies on volunteers to make the program possible and the team typically handles more than 12,000 e-mails and more than 70,000 telephone calls from more than 200 countries and territories.

Google’s Santa tracker

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