What is Repparfjorden?
'''Repparfjorden''' is a [[fjord]] in [[Norway]]'s [[Hammerfest (municipality)|Hammerfest municipality]]. The fjord is on Norway's [[mainland]], [[Southwest]] of [[Hammerfest]] (city). The fjord had been the site of a [[copper]] [[Mining|mine]] in the 1970s. Studies have being done about starting to mine at the fjord again.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/metal-speciation-of-historic-and-new-copper-mine-tailings-from-re|title=Metal speciation of historic and new copper mine tailings from Repparfjorden, Northern Norway, before and after acid, base and electrodialytic extraction|work=[[Technical University of Denmark]]|accessdate=2021-08-22}}</ref> There have been [[environmentalist]]s [[protest]]ing at the fjord to try and stop the mine. Some protesters had attached themselves to [[excavator]]s at the fjord using [[chain]]s to try and stop the work from starting. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnmark/natur-og-ungdom-aksjonerer-mot-nussir-gruven-1.15582351|title=Aksjonen mot Nussir-gruven er i gang: – Vil forhindre arbeidet så mye som mulig|work=[[NRK]]|access-date=2021-08-22}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Bodies of water of Norway]] [[Category:Fjords]] {{multistub|geo|Europe}}