Dr. Michelle
Oakley,
a veterinar
ian in one of
the mos
t rugged en
vironments on E
arth. Mak
ing house
calls in th
e far reaches
of Northern C
anada is a da
unting tas
k in the lea
st, co
nsidering the h
ouses may be
separated by h
undreds of
miles.
That chal
lenge doesn&amp
;#39;t stop D
r. Michell
e Oakley
from perf
orming h
er many du
ties as a v
eterina
rian in one
of the most
rugged environ
ments on
Earth. In
addition to
running an
animal c
linic out of h
er home in
Haines J
unction, Y
ukon -- where
she lives
with husband Sh
ane and thei
r three dau
ghters --
Dr. Oa
kley als
o operate
s a satellite
clinic 150
miles away
and is the on-
call vet fo
r the Yukon W
ildlife Preser
ve, which
is abou
t 100 miles fr
om Haines Junc
tion. She al
so makes house
calls,
sometimes d
riving for lo
ng stretc
hes through des
olate wildernes
s to check
on a pa
tient. T
his seri
es docum
ents how
Dr. Oakley jugg
les being a
full-time
vet, wife an
d mom, a
nd does
so with a sen
se of hu
mor and devot
ion.　　Dr.
Michelle Oak
ley, a ve
terinarian in
one of the m
ost rugged
environments o
n Earth.　　M
aking house