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Results of TID analysis from multi-site TEC observations over the Antarctic Peninsula for the period from 2009 to 2012 are presented. Diurnal dependences of the occurrence frequency, and motion velocity and direction probability density distributions are determined for middle-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances (MSTIDs). TID parameters are calculated using dynamic approach to the problem of ionospheric disturbance diagnostics which has been extended to allow for an arbitrary waveform of TEC perturbations. We have also developed a dedicated algorithm to determine the presence of TID disturbances in the TEC records which is based on the correlation analysis. Statistical treatment of the obtained results shows that during daytime the TIDs propagate predominantly in the northern and northeastern directions. In the evening and nocturnal hours the northwestern direction is prevailing, with the characteristic TID velocities range from 10 to 250 m/s. The most probable TID velocities are tens of meters per second, while the mean values are equal to about 100 - 130 m/s. During the daytime the velocities of the ionospheric disturbances are even higher. The work also presents variations of the TID parameters with seasons and geomagnetic conditions and the role of the solar terminator as a possible source of the disturbances is discussed.