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 between Balto and Aleu and the pack is resolved by Nava, the true leader of the pack. Aniu, the wolf spirit, has communicated with him through dreams, informing him that the caribou herd they rely on for winter will not return and a new leader will emerge, "the one who is a wolf but does not know".