Dr. Michelle Oa
kley, a
veterinarian
in one of
the most r
ugged environme
nts on Ear
th. Making
house calls in
the far r
eaches of
Northern Ca
nada is a daunt
ing task in th
e least, cons
idering the
houses may be
separated b
y hundreds
of miles. Tha
t challen
ge doesn&
amp;#39
;t stop Dr.
Michelle Oak
ley from pe
rforming
her many
duties as a ve
terinarian in
one of the
most rugged e
nvironments on
Earth.
In addit
ion to running
an animal
clinic
out of
her hom
e in Haines
Junction,
Yukon -- wher
e she lives wi
th husband Sh
ane and their
three daugh
ters --
Dr. Oak
ley als
o operat
es a satellit
e clinic 150
miles awa
y and is the
on-call
vet for th
e Yukon Wildl
ife Pres
erve, w
hich is about
100 mile
s from Haines
Juncti
on. She a
lso makes h
ouse calls
, sometimes d
riving
for long stret
ches through d
esolate
wildern
ess to c
heck on a
patient. This
series do
cuments
how Dr. Oakley
juggles be
ing a full-tim
e vet, wife
and mom, and
does so with
a sense of
humor and d
evotion.
　　Dr. Michell
e Oakley, a ve
terinarian in
one of the m
ost rugged e
nvironmen
ts on Earth.　
　Making house