Balto

In New York City, an elderly woman, her granddaughter, and the latter's Siberian Husky, Blaze, are walking through Central Park, looking for a memorial. As they seat themselves for a rest, the woman tells her granddaughter a story about Nome, Alaska 70 years earlier in the winter of 1925, where sled dog champion Steele, a fierce and arrogant Malamute, cheats to ensure victory for his team and musher who returns first to the rural town of Nome. They almost run over Rosy's new musher hat, but Balto, a young wolfdog who is distrusted by dogs and humans alike, rescues her hat and meets her Siberian husky Jenna, whom he quickly develops a crush on, before being chased away by Rosy's father due to his part-wolf heritage. Following a confrontation where Steele, Star, Nikki, and Kaltag mock his heritage, Balto and his adoptive father Boris Goosinov, a comical snow goose originally from Russia, return to their home on an abandoned ship on the outskirts of Nome, where they live with two aquaphobic polar bears, Muk and Luk.