Hi Azrael,
I'm reviewing your story for I Write in 2019.
Flash fiction is a tricky genre to write well as squeezing an interesting plot, believable characters and an engaging setting into 300 words or less is challenging.

You pulled it off!

I was hooked from the intriguing and powerful first sentence, which is so simple yet conveys such drama and disaster. With such a short piece, I think using the title is a smart and economic way of sharing useful information which allows the reader to ground themselves in both the time and place. At the same time, it gives the piece a journal like quality, which the first person also provides. It makes the story feel very immediate.

The first line conveys so much in one simple sentence. We know, because of 'I've been here hours' that time is of the essence, we know the nature of the danger 'trapped' and we can predict the cause as both the reference to Greenland in the title, and the dogsled in the first sentence suggests an avalanche or snowstorm, so we are well aware of the peril that entails. Excellent scene-setting.

Breaking the text into small paragraphs separated by the asterisks was effective. The first break gave me the sense of the narrator falling in and out of consciousness, which added tension to the story. The other breaks allowed the reader to imagine Peter's actions - some of which were best not mentioned in too much detail! I loved the narrative voice - using a monologue type approach in the first person allowed the reader to feel part of the story. You drew a strong portrait of the man - his intelligence and presence of mind and determination and humour came over very clearly. 'Well that was messy' made me laugh aloud!


If I have any complaint, it would be that this is such a fascinating historic event that I'd love to see a more developed story.

One small error was 'avalanche's'. It sounds clumsy as a contraction so I would write it in full as 'avalanche has'. Unless it was meant to mean more than one avalanche packed the snow, in which case, no apostrophe is needed.

Overall though,it's a lovely piece of work. Good luck in the contest.
Paddy