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Because he saw a shark ate a seagull when he first built that ship.

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Jack London's ship was named the "Snark" after a character in Lewis Carroll's poem "The Hunting of the Snark." London found the name fitting as he believed his voyage was an adventurous and elusive journey, similar to the quest in Carroll's poem.

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