I don't get it. How could Balto hope to find Steele and his team? They were off the trail....

Wild Joe: I don't get it. How could Balto hope to find Steele and his team? They were off the trail. Jenna: Well... he's tracking them. Morse: That mutt? Tracking a championship team in a blizzard? [laughs; a couple others join in] Jenna: [Steele comes in] Balto? Jenna: Steele! Wild Joe: You're back! Morse: We'd given you up! Doc: Where are the others? Steele: [bows his head] One by one they fell. Frozen, barely alive. I pulled four onto the sled and three more on my back. I walked and I walked, but it was too late. They were... [the other dogs gasp] Doc: What about the medicine? Steele: I went on, dragging the medicine alone. Suddenly that wolfdog appeared. Balto demanded I let *him* take the medicine. [turns to Jenna] Steele: You know he just wanted so much to be a hero in your eyes. [turns towrd the other dogs] Steele: He grabbed the crate, but he couldn't handle it. He didn't see the patch of ice... and the cliff. [pulls out Jenna's bandanna] Steele: He didn't have a chance. [shakes his head, clucking softly] Jenna: [gasps] My bandanna! Steele: [gets closer to Jenna] He made me promise to take care of you, Jenna. Jenna: You're lying. [louder] Jenna: Steele's lying. Balto's alive. And he's coming home. [runs out the door] Steele: [closes his eyes and nods yes] She... just needs a little time.