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* [[The Rime of the Ancient Mariner|The Ancient Mariner]] is usually depicted like this (which makes sense, he spent an unclear period of time stuck in the middle of the sea long after the fresh water supplies had run out).
* [[Space Is an Ocean|Surprisingly]] ''[[Space Is an Ocean|not]]'' [[Space Is an Ocean|prominent]] in ''[[Honor Harrington|Honorverse]]'', Aivars Terekhov is one of those few who have it.
* A minor character in Frank Yerby's ''The Golden Hawk'' had a very thick and unruly beard (lots of unkempt hair ''atop'' his head, too). When he was forcibly trimmed with the intent of
* Dudley Pope's ''Decoy'' involves British sailors in [[World War II]] capturing a U-boat. Naturally, with the limited fresh-water supply, even the ones who normally went clean-shaven had serious facial hair by the time they were able to get the sub into a British harbor without their own side depth-charging them. The main character arrived at his home a bit earlier than expected, and his astonished fiancee exclaimed, "That beard!" before they hugged. (His boss had also said, "I can just about recognise you behind that beard.")
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