Astronaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov captured from ISS the Antarctic Peninsula which extends in “S” shape of west Antarctica. The northern part of the peninsula belongs outside of the Antarctic Circle, and is only 1,000km away from South America.
Antarctic Peninsula is in the warmest area in the continent and many research stations have been established since 1820. Argentina, UK and Chile make territorial claims. The peninsula is highly mountainous and these mountains are considered to be a continuation of the Andes of South America.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Sergey Kud-Sverchkov’s Tweet
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