A striking capture of a Rajavartiolaitos Dornier Do 228 performing a low-level fly-by while an H215 lowers a rescue swimmer to an inflatable life raft.

The Airbus H215 is crewed by two pilots, a flight mechanic acting as hoist and systems operator, and two rescue swimmers.

Rescue swimmer Sami Ollila rides the hoist back up to the H215.

The Air Patrol Squadron’s Koala is an ideal platform for patrolling the vast tundra border.

A Finnish Border Guard Bell 412 over a typical Rovaniemi landscape of snow and trees.

The view from the cockpit of an AB412 as the crew flies above the flat and snowy landscape of Rovaniemi.