The confrontation is defused by the elderly Nava, the true leader of the pack, who welcomes Balto and Aleu. Nava announces to his pack that the wolf spirit Aniu has contacted him in "dream visions". Aniu has told him that the caribou herd they depend on during the winter has moved across the ocean and will not return and that they will soon be led by a new leader, "the one who is a wolf but does not know".
The conflict is resolved by the elderly Nava, the true leader of the pack, who welcomes Balto and Aleu. Nava informs his pack that the wolf spirit Aniu has contacted him in "dream visions". Aniu has informed him that the caribou herd they rely on during winter has moved across the ocean and will not return, and that they will soon be led by a new leader, "the one who is a wolf but does not know".