Hungry as the Sea.

Hungry as the Sea is a 1978 adventure novel by Wilbur Smith, a gripping tale of the sea centered on Nicholas Berg, a shipping tycoon who loses control of his company and rebuilds his fortunes in the perilous business of deep-sea salvage and rescue, set against dramatic ocean storms and Antarctic peril. One of the best selling authors of the twentieth century, Wilbur Smith wrote more than forty novels of action and historical adventure, many set in his beloved Africa, and sold well over a hundred million copies in more than two dozen languages. His breakthrough came with When the Lion Feeds in 1964, launching a career that made him one of the most widely read storytellers in the world.