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    "body_md": "The U.S. Forest Service has opened a new recreational cabin on the shore of Mendenhall Lake in Juneau, overlooking the Mendenhall Glacier, cutting the ribbon this week with help from several Alaska partners including the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. The cabin carries a Lingit name, Sit' Ya' Hit', meaning the house in the face of the glacier, the first cabin in the area to carry a Lingit name.\n\nReservations are already open and can be made up to six months in advance, meaning anyone in Juneau or across Southeast Alaska hoping to stay there will be competing with the rest of the state for a night.\n\nThe two-story cabin sleeps about ten people, with an outdoor gathering area large enough for dozens more. It is also the first Forest Service cabin in the area wired for electricity, giving guests lights and an electric heater in addition to the usual wood stove, and its bottom floor is built to be ADA accessible.\n\nThe project cost about 810,000 dollars, funded by the Forest Service and a handful of Alaska partners. The cabin is elevated on piers so it can withstand a glacial lake outburst flood.\n\nForest Service rangers expect the cabin to become the most heavily booked cabin in the entire Tongass National Forest, more than any other cabin in Southeast Alaska.",
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