Balto smiled and nudged Brent toward the microphone. Brent blinked and then nodded.

‘’Thank you everyone. Even though I won this race as a musher, it is truly the dogs who win it. So hat’s why I want to get the rest of Team Nome up here. Kaltag, Nikki, Star, Kodi, and Aleu!’’

The rest of the team looked at each other and walked onto the stage. The crowd cheered as the whole team posed for a team picture. That picture is still up in the mayor’s office today. As for Inferno, he was sent off to a dog kennel because he was deemed too unstable to be a lead for now. He’ll be out in a few years (about ten actually). After the pictures were done, Brent and the rest of the team said their goodbyes to Balto and parted ways. Brent went back to his house, Nikki to his alley, Kaltag to the gold dredger, Star to his underground home, Kodi to the post office and Aleu to the wild. Balto, on the other hand, went to the totem pole outside town. He sat down and watched the sunset over the Alaskan north. Jenna came up and sat beside her husband.

‘’I’m so proud of you.’’ She replies softly. Balto smiled as the disappeared under the horizon and the aurora began their age-old light show.

Balto was happy once again.

END