In the extended edition, there are 12 minutes of additional scenes (making the film 90 minutes) featuring more animals (including griffon vultures, wolverines, and more), iconic character moments, and an extra scene (Boris, Muk, and Luk cheering for Balto along with the dogs howling and the crowd of people congratulating Balto) before going back into the present with the the elderly woman and her granddaughter seeing the statue of Balto.