Advancement of marine research infrastructure in Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands

The Kingdom of Denmark has made substantial steps to renew its ocean and arctic going research fleet, consisting of Jakup Sverri a 54m vessel build in 2020, Tarajoq a 61m vessel build in 2021, Dana V a 70m vessel replacing Dana IV in 2027.
Jákup Sverri and Tarajoq are the largest and Dana V one of the largest investments in research to date by the Government of the Faroe Islands, the Government of Greenland and the Government of Denmark, respectively. The aim in all cases is to increase the overall understanding of how life in the sea and the marine and climatic environment interact and how marine resources can be protected and managed sustainably.
The talk will describe the capabilities and operations of these vessels, e.g. their operational areas, scientific tasks and their research equipment, deployment of independent observation systems such as surface and subsurface drones, buoys and anchored systems and how they complement each other. There are periods, when the research vessels are not in operation and increased cooperation across the research community of all parts of the Kingdom of Denmark would intensify their use for the benefit of science, innovation, education and marine/maritime services.
It is hoped that the overview on the research vessel capabilities in combination with upcoming research opportunities presented in the session and the conference can intensify utilization and scientific output of conducted research level based activities on national and international level. This would help make their operations financially more effective but also enable intensifying inter- and multidisciplinary research in various marine and maritime fields for which these vessels are designed. 
Apart from overviews given by the respective responsible institutions, possibilities for Q&A and raising suggestions for project establishment benefitting from the availability of this state-of the-art infrastructures, upcoming new research programs and their funding as well as other complementing research infrastructure will hopefully be generated, also in follow-up of the conference.