Аннотация:The Scott Glacier exemplifies the following overall tendencies: the occurrence of dry valleys and ablating glaciers generally above 1000m a.s.l.; glacier formation on northern slopes and degradation on western exposures; and shortening of some glaciers and elongation of others which were recently feeders of the Scott Glacier and have separated from it because of recent drops of 10-20m in the level of the glacier due to drops in sea-level.