Sarcophagus
Novelette 7,660 words Recommended by 6 award/anthology sources
"The causes of the disaster are these: First: The estimations of this planet’s temperature were incorrect. The beacon should never have been placed. This planet is no more capable of supporting human life than our own polar wastelands. Second: My companions are all dead."
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death
Quasar links out; the story lives on Clarkesworld, where the author gets the click.