Google celebrates the life of Marie Tharp with an interactive doodle

Google has created a new doodle today (November 21) celebrating the life of American geologist and oceanographic cartographer Marie Tharp. Marie helped in proving the theories of continental drift. She also co-published the first world map of ocean floors.

The Google Doodle today consists of an interactive exploration of Tharp’s life. Her story is narrated by Caitlyn Larsen, Rebecca Nesel, and Dr Tiara Moore, three notable women who are currently living out Tharp’s legacy. On this day in 1998, the Library of Congress named Tharp one of the greatest cartographers of the 20th century.