Press the green flag. You can watch it, or click the Skip button to skip it. If you choose to watch it, keep in mind that you have to press the space key to continue after someone says something. Left and right arrows or keys a and d to move left and right. If you start the game and the restart button is there, just click it. sometimes it just does that. Oh, and the fish sometimes glitch too. If you skip, the keyboard sounds are still there too. Dodge the ice floes. The longer you go on, the more ice floes there are. Press the retry button to restart. Restarting will not replay the beginning.
Have fun! (feel free to comment your score) The story in the beginning is just to have a reason that you are in a rowboat on an icy terrain. I have not actually created an ending, and therefore, there is no 'beating' the game. It is endless, and the only way you can compare to others is using your score, which is how many ice floes you pass unharmed. An ending may be forthcoming in the future, but as of now, I see no reason to create one.