Continuous maps between orthogonal groups

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For a natural number $n$, do we have a continuous map from the orthogonal group $O(n)$ to the orthogonal group $O(n+1)$ (seen as topological spaces)?

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There is continuous inclusion map: Let $O(n)$ act on $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$, by ignoring the $(n+1)-$th component and acting on the first $n$ components in the usual way.